So B. It

1. Bernadette suffers from a condition based on a fear of what?

A) leaving the home

B) sleeping and waking

C) spiders and insects

D) closed-in places

2. As Heidi grows, she dwells most on which of the following topics, as demonstrated by lists she keeps?

A) her lack of friends

B) her desire to travel

C) her mother’s background

D) her luck with slot machines

3. Many details of Heidi’s backstory are given in the early chapters of So B. It. Of these, which event is the clearest inciting incident?

A) playing Memory

B) finding a roll of film

C) starting homeschool

D) meeting Zander

4. When Heidi shows Mama the Christmas party photos, Mama says ______ in reaction to something or someone she sees. (one word)

5. On which two factors does Heidi’s bus ticket purchase depend?

A) finding the photographs and hiding from Bernedette

B) dressing like an adult and asking Mama questions

C) getting Zander’s help and stopping at the bank

D) using her unexplained luck and meeting the right person

6. Heidi boards the bus with Alice. What happens to change Alice’s chatty and friendly disposition toward Heidi?

A) Heidi rejects Alice’s offer of pie.

B) Alice talks to a passenger from Salt Lake City.

C) Heidi lies about her life and family.

D) Alice grows ill with a bad headache.

7. Why can’t Heidi call to check in with Bernie along the bus route as they’d planned?

A) Her phone battery dies.

B) She has no money for a payphone call.

C) She cannot find the phone number.

D) Bad weather affects the phone lines.

8. What are the circumstances of Heidi’s free ride in Liberty, New York?

A) She leaves the bus with Dee Dee Monroe, who knows the owner of ABC Cabs.

B) Her money was stolen, but she relies on her strange luck with games of chance.

C) She asks the bus driver to take her the whole way to Hilltop Home, and he does.

D) A cab is more expensive than she planned, so a policeman takes her from the station.

9. Which of these is the best description of Mr. Thurman Hill’s initial reaction to meeting Heidi and seeing the photos?

A) He patiently hears her questions but repeatedly says he cannot help her.

B) He explains that he did not know the woman in the photos well and refuses to talk further.

C) He angers and accuses Heidi of causing problems in defiance of a deal he made.

D) He grows sad, moody, and silent and leaves the room to attend to Elliot. 

10. After talking to Bernie, Sheriff Roy agrees to bring Heidi to his home if Heidi guesses ____________ correctly. (short phrase)

11. What happens when Bernie calls Heidi to tell her she must come home from Liberty right away?

A) Heidi insists on knowing why.

B) Heidi tells Bernie to arrange it with Ruby.

C) Heidi explains that she learned who Mama is.

D) Heidi plans to call back later.

12. In the climactic scene in which the truth is revealed, which of these accurately explains what Heidi learns?

A) Bernie met Sophia and the baby the day Diane DeMuth was killed.

B) Diane DeMuth took Sophia to Reno to hide the baby from Mr. Hill.

C) Mr. Hill agreed to pay for Sophia and the baby to stay with Bernie.

D) Sophia and Diane wanted Elliot to join them in Reno but he refused.

13. Which statement best describes Heidi’s actions after Mama dies?

A) She insists that the funeral occur in Liberty and writes what she will say at the service.

B) She goes to Reno to see Bernie and returns to New York for the funeral.

C) She plans to stay with Ray and Ruby indefinitely and asks Bernie to come too.

D) She cuts her hair, rips apart her notebook, and shelters in the hammock.

14. Along with candy, what does Heidi place on Mama’s casket?

A) Diane’s sweater

B) Mama’s teacup

C) Elliot’s photograph

D) Heidi’s notebook

15. Which of these is one of the ways in which Heidi’s life changes after Mama dies?

A) She lives in Liberty with Ray and Ruby.

B) She and Mr. Hill visit together often.

C) She starts attending a public school.

D) She uses her good luck for Hilltop Home.