Vocabulary
Characters
Story Elements
Plot
Setting
100

A person who is crazy. Pheobe thinks this person is leaving notes at her doorstep.

What is a lunatic?

100

Sal's father's friend who lives next door to them in Ohio; Sal despises her greatly

Who is Margaret Cadaver?

100
The point of view that the story is told from.
What is first person?
100

Sal's mother leaves because of this reason

What is because she doesn't think she is perfect and her husband was perfect

100

Wager!

Gramps buys Salamanca a pipe here.

What is Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone, MN?

200

Gram was a cantankerous lady when she wanted to come out of the hospital. What does cantankerous mean?

What is grumpy, grouchy, or ill tempered?

200

Sal and Phoebe's English teacher

Who is Mr. Birkway?

200
The setting of the story where the majority of Phoebe's story takes place.
What is Euclid, Ohio?
200

Why did Gramps remove snakes from the engine of the damsel in distress?

What is to try to fix it, unsuccessfully.

200

Gramps, Gram, and Sal meet Tom Fleet here.

What is the Missouri River?

300

Mary Lou Finney's house could be described as "pandemonium". What does that mean?

What is chaotic, or a wild uproar?

300

The 13-year old narrator of the story "Walk Two Moons" - Full (First, Middle, last) name?

Who is Salamanca Tree Hiddle?

300
A symbol of the story that stands for Salamanca's mother.
What is tree or blackberry?
300

What keeps showing up on the Winterbottom's porch?

What is two envelopes containing mysterious messages?

300

Sal misses her old home in what city, state?

What is Bybanks, Kentucky?

400

What does someone who is omnipotent know?

Everything!  All seeing, all knowing

400
Sal's classmate and cousin of friend Mary Lou who is concerned about her flinching
Who is Ben Finney?
400

An example of foreshadowing in the book

The journals - 'We had absolutely no idea how much trouble they would cause.'

400

What gift did Margaret give Sal, but Sal did not accept?

What is a blue sweater?
400

Where does Sal think she has been left behind?

What is Wisconsin Dells, MN; at the drum circle-instead Gram was dancing with the performers.

500

If something is gnarled, what does it look like?

What is twisted, especially with age?

500

Margaret's teary neighbor that worries who the notes are for and is concerned about living a very small life

Who is Norma Winterbottom (Phoebe's mother)?

500

A theme of the story

What is - missing her mother

500

What happened to Gram in the Missouri River?

What is she was bitten by a water moccasin?

500

In which city and state does Sal now live?

What is Euclid, Ohio?

600

What does malevolent mean?

What is 'with ill intent.'

600

Who is Sal's friend who talks to her like an adult talks to a child?

Who is Phoebe Winterbottom?

600

Who is Phoebe's neighbor, and why does she walk with a cane?

Who is Mrs. Partridge, because she is blind?

600

What did Gram hear outside the hospital, that she thought was a good sign?

What is a Singing Tree?

600

Where are Ben and Sal when he tries to kiss her?

What is Mary Lou Finney's house?