Chapters 7-9

What does Gramps keep calling Gram?

• Indiana
• Peeby
• Gooseberry
• Honey

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What confuses Gram?

• She is confused as to why Sal wants to be friends with Phoebe.
• She is confused as to why Gramps wanted to help the lady with her car engine.
• She wonders why they left Ohio.
• She wonders why they haven't been through Indiana and why there is an "ocean."

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Sal feel when her mother first left?

• Sal understood why her mother needed to leave.
• Sal was happy to have more time with her dad.
• Sal couldn't understand how her could leave her and function without a part of her.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Sal compare herself to her mother when her mother was around?

• Sal was like a mirror.
• Sal was like a puppy.
• They were like peanut butter and jelly.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which quote from the text best supports Sal's comparison to her mother?

• "How could she do that?"
• "When my mother had been there, I was like a mirror. If she was happy. I was happy. If she was sad, I was sad."
• "That night, I lay there trying to imagine Lewiston, Idaho, but my mind would not go forward to a place I had never been."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Sal continue to pray during her road trip with her grandparents?

• She prays that they do not get in an accident and that they get to Idaho in time.
• She prays that they have a great time in Idaho.
• She prays that her dad will surprise them with a visit to Idaho.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why does Gramps keep stopping in places along the way like the Badlands?

• He loves nature.
• He is going to all the places her mother had been. They are following in her mother's footsteps.
• He keeps getting lost and has to ask for directions.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who does Phoebe suspect may be at the door?

• her parents
• Margaret
• a lunatic
• Sal's dad

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who was the lunatic looking for when he came to the door?

• Phoebe
• Sal
• Margaret
• Mrs. Winterbottom

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Phoebe shared her concern about the man at the door possibly having a weapon in his clothes or socks. What was Sal's response?

• "He isn't wearing any socks."
• "He is a lunatic!"
• "Do you want me to answer the door?"
• "Oh, honestly."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3