Walk Two Moons Quizzes

Walk Two Moons Quiz on Chapters 1 - 9

1 Whose face is at the window when Sal first moves to Euclid?
Phoebe's

Ben's

Mrs. Partridge's

Margaret's
2 What does Gramps say Sal is "at heart"?
A natural born driver

A Cleveland girl

A Maple Tree

A country girl
3 How does Sal describe the houses in Euclid?
As little boxes made of ticky-tacky

As a caboodle of houses roosting in a green pasture

As rows of birdhouses jammed together

As McMansions
4 Which of the following does John find behind the plaster wall of their Bybanks house?
A brick fireplace

A wrought iron tub

Stone walls

A mural of a maple tree
5 Which of the following is NOT something Sal leaves behind in Bybanks?
Swimming hole

Photo albums

Hayloft

Chestnut tree
6 Why does Sal compare Phoebe's story to the plaster wall in their Bybanks house and her own story to the brick fireplace?
Because behind Phoebe's story is Sal's story

Because Phoebe's story muffles her own story

Because she can't help picking away at Phoebe's story, like the plaster wall

Because Phoebe's story is ugly and her story is beautiful
7 Why does Gram suggest that Sal tell a story?
Because Gram thinks it would be therapeutic.

Because Gram is bored and wants to be entertained.

Because Sal is so anxious in the car, she needs something to distract her.

Because Sal is a fantastic storyteller.
8 Who is the "chaperone" on the road trip?
John

Sal

Gram

Gramps
9 Why does Sal need to get to Lewiston by her mother's birthday?
She believes if there's any chance of bringing her mother back, it would be on her birthday

Because Sal and Chanhassen have a special birthday tradition they've done every year since Sal was born

Chanhassen is throwing a party, and Sal wants to be there

Because she missed her previous birthday, and she feels the need to make up for it this year
10 Why do Sal's parents name her Salamanca?
Sal is named after Chanhassen's mother, Salamanca Pickford

Because Sal was conceived on their honeymoon in the city of Salamanca in Spain

Sal is named after John's mother, Salamanca Hiddle

They were trying to pay homage to Chanhassen's Seneca ancestry, but they get the name wrong.
11 What is Sal's full name, and what would've been her full name if her mother had named her everything she wanted to name her?
Salamanca Tree Hiddle and Salamanca Sugar Maple Tree Hiddle

Salamanca Maple Hiddle Pickford and Seneca Sugar Maple Tree Hiddle

Sally Tree Hiddle and Salamanca Sugar Tree Hiddle

Salamanca Tree Hiddle and Salamanca Gayfeather Hiddle Pickford
12 What does Chanhassen mean in Iroquoian?
Nectar

Syrup

Maple sugar

Tree sweet juice
13 Why does Phoebe tell Sal she's brave?
Because she knows about how Sal lost her mother

Because Sal lives next to Margaret Cadaver

Because Sal carries a spider to the window in class

Because she admires how Sal says exactly what's on her mind
14 How old does the age-guesser guess Phoebe's dad is?
52

50

45

30
15 What is ironic about Margaret's last name?
Her name is Cadaver and she's a nurse; so her job is to save people's lives, but her name means dead body.

Her name is Winterbottom but she has fiery red hair that reminds Sal of a hot summer day.

Her name is Partridge but she hates birds.

Her name is Cadaver and she's a detective; so her job is to investigate murderers but her name means dead body.
16 Which of Gram's friends does Phoebe remind her of?
Chanhassen

Mary Lou

Gloria

Norma
17 Why does Gloria tell Gram not to marry Gramps?
Because Gloria wants to marry Gram

Because Gloria wants to marry Gramps

Because Gloria thinks Gram is better than Gramps

Because Gloria doesn't like the way Gramps treats his beagle
18 What did Mr. Winterbottom do for a living?
Sold farm equipment

Sold insurance

Created roadmaps

Guessed people's ages at a carnival
19 What kind of pie has Norma made the first time Sal comes over for dinner?
An apple pie

A cherry pie

A blackberry pie

A key lime pie
20 Which of the following sights lead Sal to believe that she is capable of being happy without her mother?
The sight of the brick fireplace her dad uncovers from the wall

The newly born horse in the E.E. Cummings poem Mr. Birkway teaches

The sight of a new length of fence her dad constructs

A newborn calf wobbling on the grass, learning to walk
21 What is the Winterbottoms' address?
49 Hayloft Avenue

80 South Bend Road

51 Euclid Drive

49 Gray Street
22 When the "lunatic" shows up for the first time, who is he looking for?
Prudence

Phoebe

George

Norma
23 Which word does Sal use to describe the Finneys' house?
civility

pandemonium

harmony

chaos
24 What does Ben title his first drawing of Sal?
Salamander sitting on her hair

Salamanca using her hair as a chair

Blackberry tree smooch

The new girl kisses a tree
25 What happens the first time Ben tries to kiss Sal?
He trips and accidentally headbutts her in the lip.

Phoebe interrupts them.

She slaps him in the face.

She moves and he kisses her collarbone.

In context, we learn that some things were acceptable in an emergency... that people were more understanding, that people were given the benefit of the doubt, and that arrest was not the immediate response for a perceived wrongdoing.

Two years ago...

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