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?
Mrs. Partridge's

Margaret's

Phoebe's

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

A country girl

A Cleveland girl

A Maple Tree
3 How does Sal describe the houses in Euclid?
As a caboodle of houses roosting in a green pasture

As little boxes made of ticky-tacky

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 wrought iron tub

Stone walls

A mural of a maple tree

A brick fireplace
5 Which of the following is NOT something Sal leaves behind in Bybanks?
Hayloft

Swimming hole

Chestnut tree

Photo albums
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 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

Because behind Phoebe's story is Sal's story
7 Why does Gram suggest that Sal tell a story?
Because Sal is so anxious in the car, she needs something to distract her.

Because Gram thinks it would be therapeutic.

Because Gram is bored and wants to be entertained.

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

John

Sal

Gramps
9 Why does Sal need to get to Lewiston by her mother's birthday?
Because she missed her previous birthday, and she feels the need to make up for it this year

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

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

She believes if there's any chance of bringing her mother back, it would be on her birthday
10 Why do Sal's parents name her Salamanca?
Sal is named after John's mother, Salamanca Hiddle

Sal is named after Chanhassen's mother, Salamanca Pickford

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

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?
Sally Tree Hiddle and Salamanca Sugar Tree Hiddle

Salamanca Tree Hiddle and Salamanca Sugar Maple Tree Hiddle

Salamanca Tree Hiddle and Salamanca Gayfeather Hiddle Pickford

Salamanca Maple Hiddle Pickford and Seneca Sugar Maple Tree Hiddle
12 What does Chanhassen mean in Iroquoian?
Tree sweet juice

Maple sugar

Nectar

Syrup
13 Why does Phoebe tell Sal she's brave?
Because she admires how Sal says exactly what's on her mind

Because Sal carries a spider to the window in class

Because Sal lives next to Margaret Cadaver

Because she knows about how Sal lost her mother
14 How old does the age-guesser guess Phoebe's dad is?
45

50

52

30
15 What is ironic about Margaret's last name?
Her name is Partridge but she hates birds.

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

Her name is Cadaver and she's a detective; so her job is to investigate murderers but her name means dead body.

Her name is Cadaver and she's a nurse; so her job is to save people's lives, but her name means dead body.
16 Which of Gram's friends does Phoebe remind her of?
Norma

Mary Lou

Gloria

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

Because Gloria thinks Gram is better than Gramps

Because Gloria doesn't like the way Gramps treats his beagle

Because Gloria wants to marry Gramps
18 What did Mr. Winterbottom do for a living?
Created roadmaps

Guessed people's ages at a carnival

Sold insurance

Sold farm equipment
19 What kind of pie has Norma made the first time Sal comes over for dinner?
An apple pie

A blackberry pie

A key lime pie

A cherry pie
20 Which of the following sights lead Sal to believe that she is capable of being happy without her mother?
The sight of a new length of fence her dad constructs

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

A newborn calf wobbling on the grass, learning to walk

The sight of the brick fireplace her dad uncovers from the wall
21 What is the Winterbottoms' address?
49 Gray Street

51 Euclid Drive

49 Hayloft Avenue

80 South Bend Road
22 When the "lunatic" shows up for the first time, who is he looking for?
Phoebe

Norma

George

Prudence
23 Which word does Sal use to describe the Finneys' house?
chaos

harmony

civility

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

Salamanca using her hair as a chair

The new girl kisses a tree

Blackberry tree smooch
25 What happens the first time Ben tries to kiss Sal?
She slaps him in the face.

He trips and accidentally headbutts her in the lip.

Phoebe interrupts them.

She moves and he kisses her collarbone.

Posible theme of Chapter 34 of Walk Two Moons

One possible themes in Chapter 34 is that of perceptions. While waiting for the geyser to blow, everyone anticipates the experience in a different way. Most bystanders back away... Gram inserts herself into the experience... she revels in every...

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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.

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Sal's mother was killed in a car crash.

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Walk Two Moons

by Sharon Creech

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