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WorksheetsWalk Two Moons Ch. 23-33
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 35mins
What astonished Sal about her mom being willing to ride a bus all the way to Lewiston, Idaho?
Her mom didn't like strangers.
Her mom was afraid of cars.
Her mom loved nature.
Her mom liked the beach.
Sal's mom chose Lewiston, Idaho to visit because...
She wanted to see her cousin who had known her all her life.
She enjoyed road trips.
She wanted to visit her parents.
She was bored.
Sal's mom's nickname was "Sugar". What was her full name?
Sharon
Chanhassen
Charlotte
Sugarmaple
What happened to Sal three weeks before her mother's baby was due?
She went to stay with Gram and Gramps.
She got very sick with the flu.
She fell out of a tree and broke her leg.
She asked her mother not to leave.
What did Sal suggest they name the baby?
Rose
Dandelion
Maple
Tulip
One of the messages that appeared on Phoebe's porch said, "You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair." What does this mean?
You don't know what you've got until it's gone.
You can't keep sad things from happening, but you can choose to live your life as happily as you can anyway.
You should treat others the way you want to be treated.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Why didn't Sal comfort Phoebe when she was crying in the night while staying with Sal?
She was mad at her.
Sal didn't hear her crying.
Sal knew her dad had already checked on her.
Sal knew sometimes you just need to be left alone to cry.
With whom did Phoebe's mom leave a message when she called to say she was okay?
Prudence
Sal's dad
Mrs. Cadaver
Mrs. Partridge
What helped Sal realize her mother didn't leave because of her?
She wanted to tell Phoebe that it wasn't her fault her mom left, and this made her realize the same thing about her mom.
Her mom sent her postcards explaining why she left.
Her dad talked to her and helped her understand it had nothing to do with her.
Gram and Gramps told her while they were on the trip.
Phoebe did a report on Pandora's box which contained terrible things but also contained one good thing--hope. Sal says that if there was a box of all good things, it would probably have what one bad thing?
loneliness
anger
frustration
worry
What did Gramps teach Sal how to do when she was 11 that most people don't learn how to do until they are older?
Skip rocks on the water
Take care of farm animals
Drive a car
Get a job
What did Sal think her mother probably thought about Mount Rushmore when she saw it?
She thought her mother would have been upset because this was part of the Sioux Holy Land.
She thought her mother would feel proud to see the American presidents carved into the mountain.
She thought her mother would feel overwhelmed at the beauty and majesty.
What was Gram most excited to see on the trip?
Mount Rushmore
Old Faithful
The Badlands
The Grand Canyon
What evidence did Phoebe take to the police to try to convince them her mother had been kidnapped?
The messages and the unidentifiable hair strands
The notes her mother left
Labels from the casseroles her mom left in the freezer
Pictures of her mother
When Phoebe and Sal break into Mrs. Cadaver's house, how does Mrs. Partridge know it is them?
She heard them talking and recognized their voices.
She saw them through the window.
She said they had a particular smell and their shoes had a particular sound.
She already knew they were coming.
Who did Sal see a picture of on Sergeant Bickle's desk?
Phoebe's mom
Mrs. Cadaver
Ben
The Lunatic
What happened when Mr. Birkway read parts of some of the students' journals out loud to the class.
Everyone knew who was who even though he changed the names.
People got angry with each other and embarrassed.
Mr. Birkway kept telling what he liked about each passage he read.
All of these
Sal was shocked to find out that Mr. Birkway was...
Ben's uncle
Their new next door neighbor
Mrs. Cadaver's twin brother
Mrs. Cadaver's boyfriend
What three characters are related to each other?
Mrs. Partridge, Mrs. Cadaver, and Mr. Birkway
Ben, Phoebe, and Mary Lou
Sergeant Bickle, Phoebe's mom, and Phoebe
Mrs. Partridge, Phoebe's mom, and Sergeant Bickle
Why was Phoebe behaving so rudely when she and Sal had dinner at the Finney's house?
She didn't like fried foods and cholestorol.
She thought Mrs. Finney was a bad cook.
She was annoyed at how chaotic everything was.
She missed her mother and was taking it out on everyone else.
"I could see an ambulance pulling up with its blue lights flashing, and her walking briskly to the swinging doors, with her wild hair all around her face."
What does the word briskly mean in that sentence?
quickly
slowly
happily
angrily
"They were not taking us seriously, and I felt my ornery donkey self waking up."
What does ornery mean in that sentence?
angry
confused
stubborn
excited
"I picked up a flat stone and sailed it across the gorge where it hit the far wall and plummeted down, down, careening off the jagged outcroppings. "
What does the word plummeted mean in this sentence?
dropped slowly
landed
plunged
broke
"Everywhere you looked there was something startling: A stuffed squirrel, a kite in the shape of a dragon, a wooden cow with a spear piercing its side."
What does startling mean in this sentence?
unusual
loud
interesting
alarming
"I do not think that Phoebe actually planned to break into Mrs. Cadaver's house, but as Phoebe was going to bed, she saw Mrs. Cadaver, in her nurse's uniform, get into her car and leave."
This sentence is an example of what literary device?
foreshadowing
irony
sensory details
figurative language
