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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 what happens between Sal and Ben make Sal feel?

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

3. When Mrs. Winterbottom calls to say that she is coming home, how does Phoebe say that she sounded?

4. When Sal is at the lookout, where is the bus?

5. How do Sal and Phoebe get to the university?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sal disappointed when she finds out that Mr. Birkway is Margaret's twin brother?

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

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

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

5. What does Sal discover on her second visit to the police station?

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

7. Why does Ben's mother remind Sal of her own mother?

8. When Phoebe sees her mother and Mike together, how is Mrs. Winterbottom different?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think of Mr. Birkway's teaching style? What is his main goal in teaching? How could he improve?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Sal's grandparents on each side of her family: their personalities, relationships, and roles in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the factors that motivated Sal's mother to leave her family. Use specific quotes from the novel.

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