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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gram feel about seeing Old Faithful?

2. When Sal lies awake the whole night, who is she thinking about?

3. Where does Sal tell Sergeant Bickle she met his son when she calls him?

4. Why did Sal's dog push her puppies away?

5. What happens between Sal and Ben at the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Birkway attempt to hide the identity of the journal's owners, and why does this fail?

2. After Phoebe and Sal discover who has been leaving the notes on Phoebe's porch, why do you think they find courage in spitting?

3. Why is Sal so affected by the thought of Mr. Winterbottom crying?

4. Why do you think that Phoebe was so disgusted when she saw her mother with Mike at the university?

5. How did Margaret and Sal's father meet?

6. What does Sal realize when she worries about whether her actions could have gotten Gram bitten or made her mother miscarry?

7. When does Sal know for sure that her mother is not coming back?

8. Why do you think Gram is so emotional about seeing Old Faithful?

9. What does Sal realize when Phoebe shows her things that remind Phoebe of her mother?

10. When Sal asks whether Margaret plans to marry her father, how does Margaret respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Sal angry at her mother for leaving? What does being angry accomplish for Sal?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Mrs. Winterbottom give up her son? In what ways has that experience influenced her behavior as a wife and mother?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze in detail how Sal and Phoebe both allowed guilt to determine their actions.

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