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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why does Sal suspect that everyone will leave her? (chapter 11)
She thinks that everyone dislikes her.
She feels that everyone will leave her just like her mother has left her.
She suspects that girls at school are spreading rumors about her.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Phoebe received a message on a blue sheet of paper. What did it say?
Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.
An agenda is a list of things to be discussed at a meeting.
Everyone has his own agenda.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who does Phoebe think is leaving her family secret messages?
Sal's father
Sal's mother
someone from her dad's work
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who did Sal and Phoebe see at the drugstore?
the lunatic
Sal's long, lost mom
Mrs. Cadaver
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does Ben call Phoebe?
Frisbee
Peeby
Free Bee
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why does Phoebe think she is flinching?
She has gotten used to not receiving hugs from her parents.
Hugs give her a weird feeling down the spine of her back.
She thinks she has a Tic disorder.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who is Grams jealous of? (chapter 12)
Mrs. Cadaver
Gloria
Mrs. Winterbottom
- 8. Multiple Choice
While in Pipestone, what did Sal and her grandparents do? (check all that apply)
watched American Indians make pipes out of stone
visited a pipe museum
smoked out of a pipe
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does Gramps say every night he and Grams are not at home?
"Well, gooseberry, it's been an adventure."
"Well, this ain't our marriage bed, but it will do."
"Well, honey, it doesn't get any better than this."
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why is Gramps's and Grams's bed so special?
Gramps and his children were all born on his bed.
Gramps and Grams built the bed together.
The bed was given to Grams and Gramps for Christmas.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What helped Grams decide she would accept Gramps's marriage proposal?
his boyish charm
his handsome looks
how well Gramps treated his dog
- 12. Multiple Choice
Where does Gramps want to die?
anywhere with his dog
in Idaho
in Gram and Gramp's marriage bed
- 13. Multiple Choice
How does the narrator describe Mr. Birkway? (chapter 13) (check all that apply)
energetic
encouraging
odd
- 14. Multiple Choice
"He flung himself up and down the aisles, receiving the journals as if they were manna from heaven." What is the meaning of manna?
a blessing or unexpected source of gratification
a set of behaviors taught by parents or guardians
God-sent angels
- 15. Multiple Choice
"Christy and Megan...were whispering over on the other side of the room and casting malevolent looks in Mary Lou's direction." What is the meaning of malevolent?
caring
jealous
hateful
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of chapter 13?
to foreshadow the trouble the journals cause
to describe Sal's classmates
to show the reader how much students enjoy writing
- 17. Multiple Choice
Who helped Mrs. Cadaver with yard work? (chapter 14)
Ben
Mr. Birkway
Sal's dad
- 18. Multiple Choice
Why did Phoebe think Mrs. Cadaver relocated her bush?
Phoebe was convinced that Mrs. Cadaver was covering up Mr. Cadaver's dead body.
Phoebe believed that the bush needed a sunnier area.
Phoebe didn't have any thoughts on this topic.
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