Walk Two Moons Exam

Which question about the novel Walk Two Moons is the best example of an interpretive question? 

• • Where is Sal from originally?

• • What is the name of Mrs. Cadaver's twin brother? 

• • What influences how people handle grief?

• Why doesn't Sal's mother tell Sal goodbye before she leaves home?  

Read these sentences from a student's essay.

As a child, I enjoyed swimming. I loved biking. I always jumped at the chance to be outdoors.

 

Which revision best uses a compound sentence?

• 
  As a child, I enjoyed swimming, biking, and the outdoors.

• As a child, I enjoyed swimming. I loved biking and I always jumped at the chance to be outdoors.

• As a child, I enjoyed swimming and biking, and I always jumped at the chance to be outdoors.

• 
  As a child, I enjoyed swimming and biking. I always jumped at the chance to be outdoors.

Which theme from the novel Walk Two Moons is conveyed by the tree that Sal sees in South Dakota that reminds her of the singing tree on the farm in Kentucky?

• guilt and blame

• past and memories

• view of America

• 
  love and anger

Which character's story from the novel Walk Two Moons best represents the main plot of the novel? 

• Phoebe's story

• Gram and Gramps's story

• Sal's story

• Sal's dad's story 

Which event from the novel Walk Two Moons is the best example of an event from Sal's emotional (internal) journey? 

• Sal flinches when Ben touches her. 

• 
  Sal's grandma is bitten by a snake.

• Sal visits Yellowstone National Park. 

• Sal goes to the police station with Phoebe. 

A student is using a double-entry journal to record commentary about characters in a novel. The student has recorded this piece of text evidence in the journal.

"As the teacher read aloud, Sharon stared out the window. A squirrel that ran up the tree was on a mission to save the chipmunk that was stuck on a skinny branch. The crow that cawed was screaming for help. The butterfly that flew around was lost and confused. Sharon was lost, too, in her own world, when she heard the teacher repeat her name. Suddenly, her mind snapped back to the classroom."

Which commentary is most appropriate to describe the character, Sharon, in a double-entry journal?

• Sharon is imaginative and likes to daydream.

• Sharon likes nature and would rather be outside.

• Sharon ignores her teacher and gets in trouble.

• Sharon is tired of living in two worlds.

Why did Sal's mother start crying after her husband gave her and Sal flowers?

• She was crying from happiness

• The flowers reminded her of the baby she lost

• The flowers made her feel that her husband was perfect and she was not

• Because he left the flowers but did not eat breakfast with them

Why does Mrs. Winterbottom sniffle and cry so much?

• She is allergic to her dog

• She feels that she leads an insignificant life

• She suspects that her husband wants to divorce her

• She is worried abut Prudence

Why does Gram ask Gramps about his dog before she agrees to marry him?

• She hates dogs and does not want to own one

• She had heard that Gramps spends all his time with his dog

• She wants to make sure Gramps always cleans up after his dog

• She believes that if he is gentle and loving with his dog, he will be a gentle and loving husband

Whose picture does Sal see on Sergeant Bickle's desk?

• Margaret Cadaver's

• Her mother's

• Ben's

• The lunatic's