1. Why does Sal and her father move to Euclid, Ohio?
They lost their farm.
Sal really wants to see a new place.
The farm has too many painful memories for Sal's father.
Mrs. Cadaver has offered Sal's father a job.
They can have a larger farm in Euclid.
2. How does Mrs. Partridge tell people ages?
She feels their faces with her hands.
She looks closely at their hands.
She listens to the sound of their voices.
She looks at their faces.
She can't tell, she just guesses.
3. Why did Sal's mother start crying after her husband gave her and Sal flowers?
She doesn't like to receive flowers.
He left the flowers, but did not stay for breakfast.
The flowers made her feel that her husband was perfect and she was not.
She was crying from happiness.
The flowers reminded her of the baby she lost.
4. Why does Phoebe tell the lunatic that her mother is home even though she is not?
She is afraid to let a stranger know she is home alone.
She thinks the boy will do something to hurt them if she tells him her mother is there.
She wants to confuse him by saying two different things.
She thinks the boy will run away if she says her mother is there.
Phoebe hardly ever notices her mother and thinks she is really home.
5. Why does Mrs. Winterbottom cry so much?
She is worried about Prudence.
She is allergic to their dog.
She feels that she leads an insignificant life.
Her mother has just passed away.
She suspects that her husband wants to divorce her.
6. Why does Sal resent Mrs. Cadaver?
Phoebe has told her that Mrs. Cadaver is a murderer.
Mrs. Cadaver survived the crash that killed her mother.
She is afraid her father is falling in love with Mrs. Cadaver.
Mrs. Cadaver is her English teacher's sister.
Mrs. Cadaver made Sal and her father move to Euclid.
7. Why does Phoebe think her mother has been kidnapped?
She cannot accept that her mother would leave her.
She knows her mother is flighty and easy to trick.
She suspects her father is hiding something from her.
Her mother's clothes are still at home.
The evidence is impossible to ignore.
8. Whose picture does Sal see on Sergeant Bickle's desk?
Margaret Cadaver's
the lunatic's
her mother's
her father's
Ben's
9. How did Sal's mother and Mrs. Cadaver meet?
Mrs. Cadaver used to live in Bybanks, Kentucky.
Mrs. Cadaver met Sal's mother in Yellowstone.
Mrs Cadaver was the nurse on duty in the emergency room the night of the bus accident.
Mrs. Cadaver is Sal's mother's cousin.
Mrs. Cadaver and Sal's mother sat next to each other on the bus trip and became friends.
10. How does Sal feel back on the farm at Bybanks?
She is glad to be back, and never wants to see the people of Euclid again.
She misses Euclid, Ohio.
She feels angry with her father for driving her mother away.
She is glad to be back, although she misses her grandmother and her friends from Euclid.
She is still grieving for her mother and grandmother.
Your score is out of 10.