Walk Two Moons

by Sharon Creech

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Walk Two Moons Questions and Answers

Why does Sal imagine that the wind is hurrying her along on her road trip with her grandparents?

What reasons do Gramps and Sal's father give Sal for going on the trip? According to Sal, what are the real reasons? Why might the real reasons have been left unspoken?

What are the major events in the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech?

How are Sal and Phoebe's moms alike?

In Walk Two Moons, what happened to Sal's mother? What are some clues that help readers infer the ending?

Why does Sal seem to notice that there is something wrong with Mrs. Winterbottom, but Phoebe doesn't?  

What is an example of a simile in Walk Two Moons?

In Chapter 16 of Walk Two Moons, Sal imagines hearing whispers telling her to "slow down" when she is riding with her grandparents. What reason does she give for this?

In Walk Two Moons, when Phoebe's father reads the note, Sal says, "I had a sinking, sinking feeling." What does the note say, and why does Sal react the way she does?

What are three similes in chapters 1–3 of Walk Two Moons?

In chapters 17–18 of Walk Two Moons, what did Sal's mother leave for her when she left?

What does Sal believe may have caused her mother to lose her baby?    

Explain how the title Walk Two Moons relates to specific events in the novel.

Why does Ben offer to read Sal's palm?

How do you think Sal is feeling about the road trip with her grandparents in Walk Two Moons? Provide three pieces of evidence to support your answer.

Who has been leaving the notes on Phoebe's porch in Walk Two Moons?

What is the third message that arrives on the Winterbottoms' doorstep in Walk Two Moons?

How does Sal compare Moody Blue's behavior to her mother's? What do you learn about Sal's mother?

In Walk Two Moons, how does Sal adjust to her new home?

Explain how Sal's father acts differently at Mrs. Cadaver's house in Walk Two Moons.

What mystery does the myth of Pandora box explain? Why may this story have such an effect upon Sal in Walk Two Moons?

Why does Sal say she sounds like Phoebe when she says "I don't want to hear it"? 

What is the main problem in Walk Two Moons?

Why was Sal in a hurry to get to Idaho?  

According to Sal in Walk Two Moons, what do she and Phoebe really mean when they claimed their mothers wouldn't leave their favorite chicken and their favorite sweater (ch.22)?

What are the settings in Walk Two Moons?

Sal “suspected that everyone was going to leave, one by one” (pg. 55). Were her fears founded in truth? Were her fears realized? How did her fears affect her relationship with others?

Why does Sal call their new house a birdhouse in chapter 3?

How did Sal react to her own mother leaving and not returning home?

Why are Sal and her father moving from their farm in Bybanks, Kentucky, to Euclid, Ohio?

In Walk Two Moons, how does the setting impact the novel?  

What is the lesson in the book Walk Two Moons?

Why Sal hasn't told Phoebe about her mother in Walk Two Moons?

What is the point of view of Walk Two Moons?

What is a simile in chapter 21 of Walk Two Moons?

Why did Sal's father start chipping away at the plaster wall in their house in Bybanks, Kentucky?

Why does Sal have no interest in knowing how her father and Mrs. Cadaver met in Walk Two Moons?

What does Phoebe think happened to her mother?

What does Sal see on the roof of Mary Lou's garage? Why does she say, "It made me feel peculiar"?

In Walk Two Moons, where was Gramps headed after he saw the sign?

Who is telling the story in Walk Two Moons?

How does Sal feel about Mrs. Cadaver in Walk Two Moons? Why do you suppose she feels the way she does?

In Walk Two Moons, why is the plaster wall in Bybanks, Kentucky important to the story?

Who is Margaret Cadaver, and what are Phoebe's opinions about her in Walk Two Moons?  

How would chapters 25-26 change if they were told from the point of view of Mrs. Finney?

What does Sal worry about as as Gramps drives along the winding mountain roads in Walk Two Moons? Why is she so nervous?

What is a quote on Mount Rushmore in Walk Two Moons?

Sal says that her story is hidden behind Phoebe's. What does she mean by that?

In Walk Two Moons, how does Phoebe's story relate to Sal's?

How did Phoebe's story help reveal Sal's life and the pain she was trying to overcome in Walk Two Moons? How do idioms help the reader grasp the feeling of the setting?