WTM/Verb 2024 Quiz Review

Which of the following statements about the story is true?

• Phoebe moved from Euclid, Ohio to Bybanks, Kentucky

• Sal moved from Euclid, Ohio to Bybanks, Kentucky

• Phoebe moved from Bybanks, Kentucky to Euclid, Ohio

• Sal moved from Bybanks, Kentucky to Euclid, Ohio

Which of the following could be considered an external force that changed one of our characters?

• Sal decides that she won’t let her mother’s death change her forever.

• Phoebe’s friendship with Sal gives her confidence to be more positive and content.

• Sal blames herself for her mother’s death.

• Phoebe decides to give Mike Bickle a chance.

Chapter 25 illustrates the way that Mrs. Finney enters through the door to their home that night, “She made her way into the kitchen, trailing all three of them like a fishhook that has snagged a tangle of old tires and boots and other miscellaneous rubbish.” What example of figurative language is being used in this quote?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

What causes Sal to change her mind about Mrs. Cadaver?

• Sal feels bad that Mrs. Cadaver’s mother lost her sight.

• Sal learns that Mrs. Cadaver became friends with her mom on the bus.

• Mrs. Cadaver takes her shopping.

• Sal learns Mrs. Cadaver was a nurse.

What does Sal write about in her mini journal for Mr. Birkway?

• Bybanks

• all the things she likes

• blackberry kisses

• Learning to drive with Gramps

Who said the following? "Your father is not ready to love anyone yet. Your mother was one of a kind."

• Mrs. Winterbottom

• Mrs. Cadaver

• Sal

• Phoebe

According to Phoebe's report on Pandora, there was only one good thing in the box. What was the one GOOD thing in Pandora's box?

• love

• determination

• jewelry

• hope

Which of the following characters was actually leaving the secret messages?

• Mr. Birkway

• Sergeant Bickle

• Mrs. Winterbottom's boyfriend

• Mrs. Partridge

Which of the following statements would NOT describe the THEME of the novel?

• Life’s journeys can cause people to change.

• Money can’t buy happiness.

• It takes courage to overcome obstacles.

• Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.

Why didn’t Sal’s father bring her mother’s body back from Lewiston?

• It was too expensive.

• He felt she was in the trees, the barn and the fields where she belonged.

• He knew he was leaving Bybanks and going to Euclid.

• It made him too sad to bring her back.