Walk Two Moons Novel Study Guide
Chapters 16-21 Comprehension Questions
1. Instead of the whispers saying hurry, hurry, hurry, what do they now say to Sal
as they travel across South Dakota?
2. What is Sal’s mother’s real name?
3. What special assignment did Mr. Birkway give Sal?
4. What does Sal see her mother kiss?
5. After drawing a picture of her soul, whose drawing is the same as Sal’s?
Understanding the Story
1. Sal’s dad doesn’t wear work gloves because:
(a) He likes to touch the dirt and animals.
(b) Gloves hurt his hands.
(c) Sal’s mom didn’t like them.
(d) He lost his gloves.
2. Why is it a turning point in their relationship when Ben reads Sal’s palm?
(a) He finds out more about her.
(b) She does not flinch when he touches her.
(c) She learns he is part of her future.
(d) Phoebe becomes jealous.
3. *Short Answer (at least 2 sentences)* In Chapter 16, Sal imagines hearing
whispers telling her to “slow down” when she is driving with her grandparents.
What reason does she give for this?
4. *Long Answer (at least 4 sentences)* What does Sal’s dad mean in Chapter 19
when he says she is “trying to catch fish in the air”?
Chapters 22-25 Comprehension Questions
6. Where does Phoebe tell her classmates her mother went?
7. What name did Sal pick out for her baby sister?
8. Who invited Sal and Phoebe over for dinner?
9. How does Phoebe act during dinner and why?
10. When Phoebe goes to say goodnight to her dad, what is he doing?
Understanding the Story
1. What does Phoebe tell her friends at school after her mother leaves?
(a) The truth.
(b) That her mother is sick.
(c) That her mother is on a business trip.
(d) She does not tell them anything.
2. What did Sal worry about after the death of her baby sister?
(a) She worried that she was responsible for the baby’s death.
(b) She was afraid she would also die.
(c) She was afraid her mother would die.
(d) She was afraid her mother wouldn’t love her anymore.
3. *Short Answer (at least 2 sentences)* What surprises Sal’s classmates when
they are asked to “draw their souls”?
4. *Long Answer (at least 4 sentences)* In Chapter 22, Phoebe and her father
have differing opinions about what happened to her mother. What does Phoebe
think? What evidence does she collect as clues? What evidence does her father
use to dispute Phoebe’s claim?