Literal Language
Figurative Language
Phoebe
Sal
Plot
100
What is a water spout of hot water from an underground spring
geyser
100
Explain the message "Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his mocassins"
don't judge someone until you know them
100
Name two of the three categories Phoebe placed everyone in?
lunatic, axe-murderer, perfect like her father
100
What word describes Sal's character? spoiled, respectable, complex
complex
100
Sal meets Phoebe before her mother leaves (Sal's mother) or after Sal's mother leaves?
after
200
What word means to be in a state of upset and anxiousness?
Lather
200
Like ducks in a fit
What is a simile
200
What word did Phoebe use over and over at the Finney's house when she went to dinner?
cholesterol
200
Sal sees her mother in everything around her. Name something that reminded her of her mother.
What is barn, tree, pregnant woman
200
Gram and Gramps take Sal on the trip to Idaho before or after Phoebe's mother disappears?
after
300
What word means to bubble and boil?
percolate
300
The house took on a life of its own.
What is personification
300
What word did the author use to desribe Phoebe's family?
respectable
300
What does Sal's dad tell her about bringing her mother back? (Use the exact words)
She is fishing in the air
300
Mr. Birkway and Mrs. Cadaver move the bush in the backyard, before or after, Mrs. Winterbottom leaves?
before
400
What word means to comfort someone in a time of need or distress?
console
400
Fishing in the air
What is an idiom
400
Which word describes Phoebe? paranoid, sensible, or wise
paranoid
400
Sal's mother is most like what other character?
Ben's mother
400
What is the climax of Phoebe's story?
Her mother is seen with the lunatic at the college
500
What word deals with mental health
psychiatric
500
What kind of life did Mrs. Winterbottom say she lived?
A tiny life
500
Who did Phoebe take for granted?
Mrs. Winterbottom
500
Sal has a special talent with rocks that her mother says makes her able to "make rocks float". What can she do?
skip rocks across water
500
What is the climax of Sal's story?
She finds the place where the bus wrecked
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