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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will Janey gauge the teacher's personality?
(a) By how she gives them extra recess.
(b) By what she calls the horny toad.
(c) By how she greets Janey.
(d) By how she doesn't send notes to her parents.

2. The Larkins once lived _____________________.
(a) on a houseboat.
(b) in a townhouse.
(c) in the suburbs.
(d) on a farm.

3. What is Mr. Larkin's record for picking cotton in a single day?
(a) 300 pounds.
(b) 15 pounds.
(c) 75 pounds.
(d) 610 pounds.

4. What does Janey hear on her way home?
(a) A gunshot.
(b) A duck whistle.
(c) A train whistle.
(d) Children playing.

5. What does Janey sense as she sits near the river?
(a) Someone is almost drowning.
(b) It is going to storm.
(c) Her mother really needs her.
(d) Someone else is in the area.

6. What does Janey realize Bounce Reyburn is going to do when she sees him?
(a) Go fishing.
(b) Chase her away.
(c) Take some photos.
(d) Kill ducks.

7. What does the Larkin family have all they want of on the farm?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Corn.
(d) Milk and eggs.

8. What does Janey see on the mantle when she arrives home one day?
(a) Candlesticks she made.
(b) Christmas decorations.
(c) The willow plate.
(d) Her mother's portrait.

9. What is Janey's mood at this point in her life?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Angry.
(d) Content.

10. Why does Mom not allow Janey to put the willow plate out on display?
(a) It doesn't match the furniture.
(b) It might get broken.
(c) They are not yet living in a real house.
(d) It reminds her of Janey's real mother.

11. Who does Lupe tell Janey is the new teacher at the Regular School?
(a) Miss Wampler.
(b) Miss Higgins.
(c) Miss Adams.
(d) Miss Peterson.

12. What does Janey ask Miss Peterson at the close of Camp School?
(a) If she can write letters to Miss Peterson.
(b) If Miss Peterson can come for supper.
(c) If Janey can take some books.
(d) If Janey will ever see her again.

13. What book does Janey select from the traveling library?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Robinson Crusoe.
(c) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
(d) Tom Sawyer.

14. What is Mr. Anderson's plan for Bounce?
(a) He is sending him on a business trip.
(b) He is going to fire him.
(c) He is going to promote him.
(d) He is going to send him back to school.

15. What does Lupe say she would buy if she had a lot of money?
(a) A new bicycle.
(b) A fancy dress.
(c) A fancy car.
(d) A big house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the librarian?

2. What makes Janey happy about staying?

3. Mr. Larkin says that ________________ is/are as necessary today as it/they was/were in the time of King Arthur.

4. What month is it when Janey's Mom gets very sick?

5. Why does Janey go to the Anderson farm one more time before the family leaves again?

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