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1. Why did Sal's father insist on her traveling with her grandparents to Idaho? Use evidence from the novel to support your answer. .

2. Who does Sal decide to tell her grandparents a story about? Why did she choose to tell this story other than another story? Use evidence from the novel to support your answer. Her father, she chooses this story because it was first when she saw Phoebe on the day my father and I moved to Euclid.

3. How did Sal get her name and what is the significance behind her name? Use evidence from the novel to support your answer. Sal was named after an old indian tribe it says this in one of the chapters. Her real name stood for Salamanaca Tree.

4. Compare how Sal's mother is similar to and different from her parents. Use evidence from the novel to support your answers.

Day 2 1. Remember when we discussed verbal irony in literature. What clues did the author give that helped the reader infer that Mrs.Partridge was blind?Wlhat do you think was ironic about Mrs.Partridge being blind?

2. Use an event from Chapter 5 to support Sal's statement, "My grandparents can get into trouble as easily as a fly can land on a watermelon." This means that her grandparents can get into trouble easy because it is easy for a fly to land on a watermelon.

4.Explain how black berrys remind her of her mother. Explain something of yours that reminds you of someone else?

In the text it says I remembered a time my mother and I walked around the rims of the fields and pastures in Bybanks, picking blackberries.The ones at the top were the ones we picked.She thinks about Mrs.Cadaver killing her husband also makes her think about her mom. A sweatshirt my grandfather gave to me when I was five helps me remember him because he had a heart attack in my backyard when I was five.

reactions and thaughts This book is really great so far. Except Phoebe can be a little bit to dramatic about things like how she is a vegitarian. She also made a really big deal about how to treat a guest properly. I feel sorry for Phoebe because her mother is gone and she always thinks about her.