Vocab Matching
Match the synonym to the correct vocabulary word. DANGEROUS
treacherous
My kitty always goes ______whenever I give her anything containing catnip.
berserk
What does not happen during Mr. Birkway’s visit to Phoebe’s home?
A. He tells her about Mrs. Cadaver’s story.
B. He apologizes for reading the journals aloud.
C. He tells Phoebe he is sorry to hear about her mother.
D. He tells Phoebe’s dad that she is failing his class.
How does Phoebe react to her mother’s return?
A. She cleans the entire house and then welcomes her home.
B. She is still sad that she left but happy to see her back.
C. She is shocked at what she says but then remains angry.
D. She is polite but distant towards her mom.
What has Gram been waiting to see her whole life?
A. Pacific Ocean
B. The Black Hills
C. Old Faithful
D. Mount Rushmore
Match the meaning to the correct vocabulary word.
WALKED UNSTEADILY
tottered
As the noise level in the classroom grew to new heights, our teacher became more and more _______.
agitated
Where does Sal meet Ben’s mom?
psychiatric hospital
Which of the following does not happen in these chapters?
A. Gram passes away.
B. Sal and her dad move back to Kentucky.
C. Sal visits the site of her mom’s death.
D. Sal’s dad marries Margaret Cadaver.
Which of the following is not true about Mrs. Winterbottom?
A. She wants to come back home.
B. She has a son that she gave up for adoption.
C. She once knew Sal’s mother.
D. She is worried about being respectable.
Match the meaning to the correct vocabulary word.
CREATED OR CAME UP WITH
devised
Ben's mom sat cross-legged on the ground and _______ with the sash of her robe.
Who was leaving the notes on Phoebe's doorstep?
Mrs. Partidge, Margaret and Mr. Birkway's mom
What does Sal learn about Mrs. Cadaver(3 things)?
Her husband was killed in a car accident.
Her mother was also in the accident and was blinded.
She was the nurse on duty that night.
Where was Sal's mom heading and who was she going to see?
Lewiston, Idaho and her cousin
Match the meaning to the correct vocabulary word.
LOSING HOPE
despairing
________ your teachers is not a __________thing to do.
Defying, respectable.
Why did Sal's mom leave her family?
To do some soul searching after she lost a baby.
How did Sal's mom travel to where she was going and why?
by bus to do some sight seeing
What happened to Sal's mom on her trip?
She was killed in a bus accident.
Match the synonym to the correct vocabulary word.
SHOCKED
stunned
As she stood there on the sidewalk with that ______ look on her face she looked as ________as a child.
quizzical, mischievous
Who survived the crash?
Margaret Cadaver
How do Sal and Phoebe find out who the lunatic is(3 things)?
Sal saw his picture on Srgt. Bickle's desk. They call all of the Bickles in the phonebook and end up getting his name and address.
How does the story end(4 things) and do you like or dislike the ending and why?
Sal sees the bus accident and visits her mom's grave.
Sal's grandma passes away.
Phoebe's mom comes back and tells her family about her son.
They move back to Bybanks and Sal spends a lot of time with her grandpa on the farm.