Put these events in the order that they occur in the story:
A. Phoebe's mother disappears.
B. Sal and her father move to Euclid, OH.
C. Gram, Gramps, and Sal take a trip to Lewiston, ID.
D. Sal's mother disappears.
D
B
A
C
100
"the houses were all jammed together like a row of birdhouses" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Hyperbole
Simile
100
Why were Gram and Gramps pulled over by a policeman in Philadelphia on a previous road trip?
Because they were driving on the shoulder of the road.
200
The vocabulary word dignified was used to describe someone in the book. What does it mean and who was it used to describe.
to be moral or proper
it was used to describe Sal's Mother's parents- the Pickfords
200
Whose name means dead body? First and Last name needed.
Margaret Cadaver
200
Where were Gram and Gramps arrested at after they "borrowed" the tires off a senator's car?
Washington, D.C.
200
"which is not much more than a caboodle of houses roosting in a green spot alongside the Ohio River" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Hyperbole
Metaphor
200
How did Ben get Sal to let him hold her hand?
He lied and told her he could read her palm.
300
What does pandemonium mean?
Whose house was this word used to describe?
chaos
Mary Lou Finney's house was "complete and utter pandemonium"
300
How is Ben related to Mary Lou Finney?
They are cousins.
300
In Chapter 3, Sal gives us a list of 9 things that she's afraid of. Name 3 of them.
"It wasn't enough grass to keep a cow alive for five minutes" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Hyperbole
Hyperbole
300
What's the name of the woman who told Gram not to marry Gramps? Gram says this woman liked Gramps, and that's why she told her that. Gram also says that Phoebe reminds her of this woman.
Gloria
400
What is shrapnel?
What does Gramps use having shrapnel in his leg as an excuse for?
Flying sharp, piercing objects
Gramps tries getting out of a parking ticket by writing a note and leaving it on the car.
400
What is the name of Mrs. Cadaver's mother that lives with her?
Mrs. Partridge
400
Sal realized that Mrs. Partridge was blind upon meeting her. What did Mrs. Partridge do to Sal to make her think this?
"Mrs. Partridge put her fingers up to Phoebe's face and mashed around gently over her eyelids and down her cheeks."
400
"You could have knocked me over with a chicken feather" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Hyperbole
400
What do the first, second, and third messages left on Phoebe's doorstep say? In order.
1. Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.
2. Everyone has their own agenda.
3. In the course of a lifetime, what does it matter?
500
What does malinger mean?
Who introduces Phoebe to this word? Why?
To fake an illness to avoid doing something
Phoebe's dad tells Phoebe to stop malingering after she says she can't go to school because she is sick after her mother disappeared.
500
What's Sal's mom's first and last name (maiden name)?
What's her nickname?
Chanhassen Pickford
Sugar
500
What color are the envelopes and what color are the messages inside the envelopes that are being left on Phoebe's doorstep?
Envelope= white
Message= blue
500
"Rush, rush, rush whispered the wind, the sky, the clouds, the trees" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
personification
500
In Chapter One, Sal says that Phoebe's story reminds her of something.
What does she say it reminds her of?
Why does it remind her of that?
"The reason that Phoebe's story reminds me of that plaster wall and the hidden fireplace is that beneath Phoebe's story was another one. Mine."