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W2M Study Set
Study set for novel assessment
Question | Answer |
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Mr. Birkway | I am Sal and Phoebe's English teacher. I am also Margaret Cadaver's twin brother. |
Phoebe | I am Sal's new best friend. When my mom leaves, I'm convinced she was kidnapped by a lunatic |
Ben | I'm Mary Lou's cousin, but I live with her family because my mom's in the hospital. I'm good at drawing. I am also Sal's first kiss. |
Mrs. Partridge | I became blind after a car accident, but I use my hands to "see" what people look like and to guess how old they are. |
Norma / Mrs. Winterbottom | I am a mother who was not happy with my life as I was living it. I gave my son up for adoption and went looking for him; I finally came clean with my family after disappearing for a while. |
Sugar / Mrs. Hiddle | I left my daughter and husband and went on a trip to Lewiston, Idaho, and never came back. I unfortunately died in a bus crash on my trip. |
Gram & Gramps | Sal joins us on our car trip because her dad thinks we'll get into trouble. We love hearing Sal's story about Peeby! |
Lewiston, Idaho | Where Sal, Gram & Gramps are headed on their car trip. |
Bybanks, Kentucky | Where was Sal born? |
Euclid, Ohio | Where do Sal, her dad, Margaret, and the Winterbottoms live? |
Yellowstone | Where do Sal, Gram & Gramps get to see Old Faithful? |
Missouri River | Where is Gram swimming when she gets bit by a snake? |
About 29.5 days | How long is one moon cycle? |
Moons are significant because the author's main quote about walking two moons in someone's moccassins. | Why are moons significant in this title? |
A stroke | How does Gram pass away? |
because her mom lost the baby and almost died. | Why did Sal's mom, Sugar, leave to go on her trip? |
the loss of the baby made her so sad she left and then never came home. | Why do pregnant people scare Sal Hiddle? |
He met her at the car crash where Sugar died. | How did Sal's dad meet Margaret Cadaver? |
In a bus crash of the side of a cliff. | How did Sal's mom die? |
Phoebe's biological brother, Mike Bickle | Who does "the lunatic" turn out to be? |
because Ben's mom was in the mental hospital | Why was Ben Finney living with his cousin Mary Lou's family? |
to find "the lunatic" | Why do Sal & Phoebe visit the university/college? |
because their house in Bybanks reminded them too much of Sugar | Why did Sal & her dad move to Euclid, Ohio? |
she notices that the two women both left their families to find themselves | What similarities does Sal notice between her mom and Phoebe's mom? |
Sal wanted everything to be OK, back to normal, so she said to herself that her mom was still alive | If Sal already knew her mom was dead, why did she keep saying she hoped to bring her mom home from Idaho? |
Because Phoebe's mom came back and she has a mom again but Sal's did not so her mom is gone forever | At the end of the novel, why does Sal say she's jealous of Phoebe? |
This means you shouldn't judge someone until you've walk in their shoes and tried to see the world from their perspective. | What does this saying mean? |
Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins." | What text evidence connects to the title of the novel? |
Mrs. Partridge | Who was the person leaving behind the cryptic messages at the Winterbottoms' home? |
This ain't our marriage bed, but it will do. | What does Gramps say every time before Gram and Gramps go to bed? |
Sal moves back to Bybanks, Kentucky. | How does the book come full circle in the end? |
Pretended to be other people to see life from their perspective. | What game did Gramps and Sal play toward the end of the novel? |
Missouri River | Where does Grams get bitten by a water moccasin? |
Salamanca "Tree" Hiddle | I am the protagonist and narrator for the story. I am telling a story about my friend Phoebe while on a trip with my Gram and Gramps. |
Plot | What is the sequence of events in a story? |
Subplot | a minor plot that relates in some way to the main story (a story within the main story) |
internal conflict | A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character |
external conflict | A struggle between a character and an outside force |
Setting | The time and place of a story |
theme | A lesson everyone can learn from the reading |
Margaret Cadaver | Sal's father's friend who lives next-door to Phoebe. She has wild red hair and is a twin. She was the sole survivor of the bus crash that killed Sal's mom. |
Mr. Winterbottom | Phoebe's Father |
Pickfords | Sal's grandparents and her mom's parents; very strict and straight-laced. |
Finneys | Mary Lou's parents and Ben's aunt and uncle; loud and dynamic group |
Reflexive pronoun | Necessary to the meaning of the sentence; if it is taken out the sentence no longer makes sense (itself, themselves, etc.) |
Intensive pronoun | NOT necessary to the meaning of the sentence. If you take it out, the sentence still makes sense (ourselves, herself, etc.) |