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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who says "Rivers of water in a dry place" to describe the riverbank?
(a) Dad.
(b) Mom.
(c) Mr. Romero.
(d) Janey.
2. What is Mom's name?
(a) Clara.
(b) Madge.
(c) Wanda.
(d) Janet.
3. Why is Janey happy that her father pays the rent for the shack?
(a) It means they can paint the walls.
(b) It means they can plant flowers.
(c) It means she can get a real bed.
(d) It means that they can stay awhile.
4. What do Janey and her parents do before returning home from their outing?
(a) Pick some flowers.
(b) Catch some more fish.
(c) Swim in a pond.
(d) Eat a campfire supper.
5. How much money does Mom give Janey to take with her?
(a) A nickel.
(b) Fifty cents.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Three dollars.
Short Answer Questions
1. Janey has to stop herself from taking ________________ that looks so enticing.
2. What does Mom give Janey to take with her?
3. What does Janey place her feet on to sleep at night?
4. How long has Janey's family lived in the shack at the beginning of Chapter 3?
5. Mom packs up some salt port and ____________________ for the trip.
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Bounce Reyburn and how do the Larkins encounter him?
2. Why does Janey wish for a brother or a sister?
3. What is known about Janey's mother and the woman she calls Mom?
4. What is the significance of the nickel in terms of how Mom feels for Janey's good fortune?
5. How old is Janey Larkin and what is she doing as the novel begins?
6. How does the author use foreshadowing regarding the willow plate in Chapter 4?
7. What is unspoken between Janey and Lupe regarding the ride ticket that Lupe gives Janey?
8. What does Mom say at the riverbank that surprises Janey for its poetry?
9. What is Bounce's secretive behavior about the rent and why does Janey not like him?
10. What is the image on the blue willow plate?
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