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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Janey go when she does not go to school?
(a) The woods.
(b) The river.
(c) The meadow.
(d) The town.

2. What does the end of the harvest represent to Janey?
(a) The Camp School has to close.
(b) It will be getting colder.
(c) She will miss Lupe's birthday.
(d) It will be Christmas before long.

3. How long does Dr. Pierce say that Mom needs to stay in bed to recover?
(a) A few more days.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A couple months.
(d) A month.

4. Why are the Larkins up so early at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) They are going to the fair.
(b) It is Christmas Day.
(c) There is a cotton-picking contest.
(d) They are moving to their next destination.

5. What does the teacher ask Janey about the horned toad?
(a) If she knows what it eats.
(b) If she will turn it loose.
(c) If she has a name for it yet.
(d) If she will keep it.

6. What is Janey excited to see on her walk?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Ladybugs.
(c) Cows.
(d) Ducks.

7. What does the doctor take in form of payment for his services?
(a) The willow plate.
(b) Firewood.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tobacco.

8. Mr. Larkin says that ________________ is/are as necessary today as it/they was/were in the time of King Arthur.
(a) manners.
(b) money.
(c) bravery.
(d) stories.

9. Why does Mrs. Larkin not want to go to a hospital?
(a) She is afraid of hospitals.
(b) She doesn't want to scare Janey.
(c) They don't have money to pay for it.
(d) They are leaving tomorrow.

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

11. What disease does the doctor say Mrs. Larkin has?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

13. Janey notices that Lupe is frightened by _________________ at the contest.
(a) a police officer.
(b) a big boy.
(c) a fireman.
(d) a tractor.

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

15. What does Bounce take as payment for rent?
(a) Food.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Firewood.
(d) The willow plate.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Larkins once lived _____________________.

2. Where does Janey's father take her at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What does Janey realize Bounce Reyburn is going to do when she sees him?

4. How does Janey know that her Mom is sick?

5. What place does Mr. Larkin finish in in the contest?

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