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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. Why is Gramps worried as they drive into Idaho?

2. What does Mr. Birkway do the day after he reads the journals?

3. Why does the message-leaver say that they left notes for Phoebe?

4. What gift did Gram receive from the egg man?

5. When Mrs. Winterbottom calls to say that she is coming home, she asks her family not to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. The day after Mr. Birkway visits Phoebe, what plan do Sal and Phoebe devise?

2. How do each of Mrs. Winterbottom's family members react to the news that Mike Bickle is her son?

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

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

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

6. What do Sal and Phoebe discover when they go the university?

7. Who does Sal meet at the overlook on the way to Lewiston?

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

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

10. What does Mr. Winterbottom say upset him most about his wife's secret? What does this show about their relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How has Sal learned to deal with death and loss throughout the narrative? What attitude does she have toward death and loss at the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

How is symbolism used in Walk Two Moons? Give examples from the story, and explain what each symbolizes.

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