Read each question and choose the correct answer.
1. Sal and her grandparents are traveling from (1 point)
Bybanks, KY, to Lewiston, ID.
Euclid, OH, to Bybanks, KY.
Euclid, OH, to Lewiston, ID.
2. What is the truth about her mother that Sal has a hard time accepting? (1 point)
She left because of Sal.
She will return on her birthday.
She has died.
3. Why does Sal's father want to move to Ohio? (1 point)
He wants to marry Margaret Cadaver.
Their farm reminds him too much of Sal's mother.
He wants to be closer to Gram and Gramps.
4. Who was the lone survivor of the bus crash that killed Sal's mother? (1 point)
Mrs. Cadaver
Mrs. Birkway
Mrs. Winterbottom
5. Who is Ben? (1 point)
Phoebe's half brother
Sal's father
Mary Lou's cousin
6. Which name does Sal prefer? (1 point)
Native American
Indian
Injun
7. Why doesn't Gram return to Bybanks? (1 point)
She is killed in a bus accident.
She is killed by a water moccasin.
She has a stroke.
8. Who is responsible for leaving messages on Phoebe's porch? (1 point)
Mike
Mrs. Partridge
Mr. Winterbottom
9. Which of the following symbols represents true love? (1 point)
the annonymous messages
the hidden fireplace
the marriage bed
10. What is the name of the pet chicken Ben gave to Sal? (1 point)
Blackberry
Huzza, huzza
Moody Blue
Vocabulary
Choose the word or phrase that best matches the vocabulary word.
11. peculiar (1 point)
new
strange
ornery
12. intriguing (1 point)
complicated
confusing
interesting
13. cavorted (1 point)
lifted up
danced around
gave in
14. besieging (1 point)
surrounding
abandoning
cooking
15. chaotic (1 point)
disguised
disorganized
discovered
16. ogling (1 point)
sleeping
swallowing
staring
17. pandemonium (1 point)
confusion
order
predictability
18. elaborate (1 point)
connected
current
complicated
cantankerous
19. cantankerous (1 point)
happy
impatient
grouchy
20. divulge (1 point)
warn
tell
ask
Essay
Note: Your teacher will grade your responses to questions 21–23 to ensure that you receive proper credit for your answers. Respond in complete sentences.
21. Reread each of the messages left on Phoebe's porch. Select the message that you think best captures the theme of the novel and write an essay showing how this saying is woven throughout the story and can be applied to several characters. Explain what the message means and use details from the book to support your response.
22. Write a two-paragraph essay comparing Sal's story with Phoebe's story. In what ways are their lives similar? Use details from the book to support your answer.
23. Do you agree or disagree with Gramps's decision to let Sal drive by herself to Lewiston? How might the consequences of that choice be different if Gramps had made a different decision? Take a position and use examples from the novel to support your choice.
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