Chapter 1
p. 1 – Who is the narrator? From what point of view is this story being told?
p. 1 - Who is Margaret?
p. 2 – Predict what peculiar things happen to Phoebe? What does peculiar mean?
p. 3 – Why did Sal’s mom leave one April morning, and why is she not returning?
Chapter 2
p. 5 – “Gram and Gramps wanted to see Momma, who was resting peacefully in Lewiston, Idaho.” What does this mean?
p. 5 – Why would Sal’s Dad go to see momma and not take Sal?
p. 5 – Why would Sal’s Dad want to be alone with Margaret Cadaver?
p. 5 –Why would Sal’s Dad not trust Gram and Gramps to behave on their journey?
p. 6 – “I believed that if there was any chance to bring my mother back home it would happen on her birthday. If I had said this aloud to my father or to my grandparents, they would have said that I might as well try to catch fish in the air, so I did not say it aloud. “
Is Sal’s mother alive?
Why would Sal’s father and grandparents say that she might as well try to catch fish in the air?
Chapter 3
p. 12 – What does omnipotent mean?
p. 13 – Why does Phoebe think Sal is brave?
p. 14 – Have you ever pretended to be brave, when you were actually scared?
Chapter 4
P. 18 - Why did Dad move to Euclid, Ohio to be with Margaret Cadaver?
P. 19 – Why did Margaret and her mother just move a month ago?
P. 22 – Why did blackberries remind Sal of her mother?
P. 24 – What happened to Mr. Cadver?
Quiz Yourself on Chapters 1-4
Chapter 5
p. 26 – Why did Gramps and Grams steal tires from a senator’s car?
Is this something Grandpas and Grandmas do? It seems weird.
p. 27 – Why would Gramps remove all of the hoses on the woman’s car?
Chapter 6
P. 29 - What does diabolic mean?
P. 32- What is the flashback on page 32?
p. 33 – What happened to the baby if Mom was pregnant?
p. 34 – Why did Mom cry about the flowers?
Why did Mom feel she could never be as good as a Hiddle?
Chapter 7
p. 37 – What does huzza, huzza mean?
p. 38 – Why did Sal’s mother leave?
Chapter 8
p. 45 – Who was the young man at Phoebe’s door?
Quiz Yourself on Chapters 5-8
Chapter 9
p. 46 – Why would Ben be living with Mary Lou?
p. 49 – Does Ben like Sal? Does Sal like Ben?
p. 50 – Why was Phoebe’s mom so upset?
p. 51 – What does “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his
moccasins,” mean?
Chapter 10
p. 54 – What does cinch mean?
p. 55 – Why does Grams keep sayings huzza, huzza?
p. 56 – Why was mom sending postcards?
Why did she send her last postcard before Lewiston, Idaho?
p. 58 – What does huzza, huzza mean?
Chapter 11
p. 60 – Who keep leaving the messages?
What does, “Everyone has his own agenda” mean?
Chapter 12
p. 79 – Does your family have any heirlooms like Gramp’s and Gram’s bed?
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Chapter 13
p. 83 – Why would the journal's cause trouble?
Chapter 14
p. 84 – Why are the Winterbottoms so paranoid?
What do the Winterbottoms do that makes them seem paranoid?
p. 85 – What kind of relationship do Margaret Cadaver and Mr. Birkway have? How do they know each other?
p. 88 – Why was Mrs. Winterbottom crying? How do her children react to her crying?
Chapter 15
p. 94 – Was the boy trying to rob Gramps? Why did he help Gramps?
Chapter 16
p. 99 – Why did the boy leave his address?
p. 100 – Sal’s dad said that he didn’t want her to go with him to Lewiston because “he didn’t think that I should have to go through that?” What does that mean?
p. 101 – Why does Sal keep hearing rush, rush, rush, and now slow down, slow down, slow down?
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Chapter 17
p. 102 – Why would it be impossible for Sal to live with her mom?
p. 105 – What does the message left at the Winterbottom’s door mean: “In the course of a lifetime, what does it matter?”
p. 106 – Who is leaving the messages?
Chapter 18
p. 109-110 – Why did Sal’s mother leave?
What does Sal mean, “She had some terrible shocks?”
p. 112 – How did Sal’s father meet Margaret?
Chapter 19
p. 120 – Who is the lunatic?
Chapter 20
p. 128 – What happened to the baby?
Why would Phoebe’s mom leave?
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Chapter 21
p. 130 – Is it weird that Ben and Sal had the same drawing of their soul?
Chapter 22
p. 141 – Do you think it is ironic how similar Sal’s and Phoebe’s lives are?
Chapter 23
p. 151 – Why did Sal not like pregnant women?
Chapter 24
p. 153 – What does Gram mean by, “Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.”
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Chapter 25
p. 163 What is your opinion of Phoebe?
Chapter 26
p. 169 – Is it ok for Sal to be upset with Phoebe?
Chapter 27
p. 176 – Did Sal realize she might have had nothing to do with her mom’s leaving?
Chapter 28
p. 178 – Why did Sal used to like driving?
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Chapter 29 The Tide Rises
p. 169 – Why did Phoebe’s father begin to cry?
Chapter 30 Breaking In
p. 177 – What would you do to find Phoebe’s mother?
Chapter 31 The Photograph
p. 186– Why did Sal try to kiss Ben?
p. 186 – Was it right for Mr. Birkway to read the journals?
Chapter 32 Chicken and Blackberry Kisses
p. 193 – How do you feel about Mr. Birkway reading the journals?
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Chapter 33 The Visitor
p. 204 – Do you feel bad for Mrs. Cadaver?
How do you think Sal and Phoebe feel?
Chapter 34 Old Faithful
p. 208 – Why do you think Gram was so happy to see Old Faithful?
Chapter 35 The Plan
p. 213 – Have you ever had someone read your diary/journal or share a secret you told him or her to keep? How did you feel?
Chapter 36 The Visit
p. 220 – Why was Phoebe’s mom kissing the lunatic?
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Chapter 37 A Kiss
p. 223 - Why was Ben’s mom in the psychiatric ward?
Were you happy Ben and Sal kissed?
Chapter 38 Spit
p. 226 – How do you feel about Mrs. Winterbottom bringing the lunatic home?
Chapter 39 Homecoming
p. 230 – How do you feel about Mrs. Winterbottom’s secret?
Chapter 40 The Gifts
p. 238 – How did Margret Cadaver meet Mr. Hiddle? Why did Sal cry?
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Chapter 40 The Gifts, p.238
Chapter 41 The Overlook, p.243
Chapter 42 The Bus and the Willow, p. 250
Chapter 43 Our Gooseberry, p. 255
Chapter 44 Bybanks, p. 260
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