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Walk Two Moons

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Sal is unhappy in Ohio for all of the following execpt...
a)
No trees
b)
Houses close together
c)
She misses her dad
d)
No barn or river
2.
What does Mrs. Cadaver do for work?
a)
nurse
b)
teacher
c)
doctor
d)
writer
3.
Why do Sal and her grandparents have to leave the river?
a)
Her grandmother gets bit by a snake.
b)
Sal gets bit by a snake.
c)
A boy robs them.
d)
They get lost.
4.
All of the following describe Phoebe except...
a)
Proud of her family
b)
Critical towards others
c)
Blames her father for her mother leaving
d)
Is Sal's friend
5.
According to chapter 27, what can be found amongts evil and disease?
a)
hope
b)
death
c)
sadness
d)
happiness
6.
How does Mrs. Partridge know that Mike is Phoebe's brother?
a)
She asks hims.
b)
She feels his face.
c)
She reads a letter.
d)
Mike tells her.
7.
Which is NOT a reason why Sal's mother said she was leaving for Idaho.
a)
She needed to clear her head.
b)
She needed to visit a friend.
c)
Sal's father is too good for her.
d)
She needed to learn more about herself.
8.
What do Sal and Phoebe do when they figure out who the lunatic is?
a)

Try to confront him in person.

b)

Warn Phoebe's father.

c)

Tell the police.

d)

They go to his house

9.
What causes Gram's death?
a)
A snake bite.
b)
A stroke
c)
Old age.
d)
A car accident.
10.
Who is Mr.  Birkway?
a)
Sal's teacher
b)
Sal's uncle
c)
Sal's neighbor
d)
The lunatic
11.
What causes Sal's mother to die?
a)
A bus accident
b)
A stroke
c)
Sadness
d)
Medical complications
12.
Why does Sal think Mrs. Winterbottom is unhappy?
a)
She lives a simple life.
b)
She is always shopping.
c)
She never talks.
d)
She reads.
13.
What's the purpose of Mr. Birkway showing the optical illusion of the vase/two faces?
a)
To show perspective
b)
To trick them
c)
To make them feel bad
d)
none of the above
14.
What does Gramps give Sal at the hospital?
a)
money and keys
b)
money and a ticket
c)
keys and a passport
d)
keys and a map
15.
Where does Sal eventually go when she reaches Lewiston?
a)
a farm
b)
her mother's house
c)
the cemetery
d)
a diner
16.
What's the significance of the brick fireplace Sal finds beihind the plaster wall?
a)

Sometimes stories are hidden beneath other stories.

b)

Old houses are not good to live in.

c)

You can't judge someone until you know their perspective

d)

Everyone tells the truth

17.
What's the signifcance to Sal's grandparents taking her on the road trip?
a)
So Sal can have a vacation.
b)
So Sal can see the exact route her mother took.
c)
So Sal can learn about the USA.
d)
none of the above
18.
A simile....
a)
compares using like or as
b)
compares without using like or as.
c)
an exaggeration.
d)
giving nonhuman objects, human characteristics. 
19.
A metaphor...
a)
compares using like or as
b)
compares without using like or as
c)
is an exaggeration
d)
repeats the same words, lettrs or sounds
20.
An idiom is...
a)
A saying that doesn't mean what it literally states
b)
a repeating of words, letters or sounds
c)
comparing using like or as
d)
an exaggeration
21.
Ornery means...
a)
bad-tempered
b)
annoying
c)
happy
d)
sad
22.
Anonymous means..
a)
unknown
b)
happy
c)
deep sadness
d)
angry
23.
Distinctive means...
a)
easily recognizable
b)
unknown
c)
sad
d)
happy
24.
Careening means...
a)
To move in an unsafe way
b)
walking slow
c)
walking fast
d)
confusion
25.
Consecutive mean...
a)
one after another
b)
random
c)
abrupt
d)
sad
26.
An incline is..
a)
a slope
b)
a narrow path
c)
a brisk walk
d)
none of the above
27.
To be agitated is to...
a)
be happy
b)
be annoyed
c)
be confused
d)
be sad
28.
rush, rush, rush is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
idiom
29.
Trying to catch a fish in the air is an example of...
a)
idiom
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
30.
What does "Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccassins" mean?
a)
Don't criticize a person until you can understand their point of view and perspective
b)
Shoes should not be worn twice
c)
Follow the same path as someone else
d)
There are two-side to every story
31.
Why does Mrs.Winterbottom leave town?
a)
To meet her son that she gave up for adoption many years ago.
b)
To find a new husband.
c)
To get treatment for an illness.
d)
She is sad and needs time alone.
32.

Sal knew her mom died, but didn't go to the burial service in Idaho.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Mrs. Cadaver was the only survivor of the bus accident that killed Sal's mom.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Sal's mom and Mrs. Cadaver never meet in person.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Sal, her dad, and Gramps stay in Ohio.

a)

True.

b)

false.