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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. Why does Bounce come to the Larkin house one night?
(a) To get wood.
(b) To pay Mr. Larkin.
(c) To evict the Larkins.
(d) To collect rent.

2. What does Janey find as she waits for the teacher to arrive?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bunny.
(c) A caterpillar.
(d) A horned toad.

3. What does Mr. Anderson arrange for the Larkins?
(a) A new truck.
(b) A house to be built.
(c) College fund for Janey.
(d) Electricity in the house.

4. What does the sign inside the doctor's office say?
(a) Please be seated.
(b) No smoking.
(c) Turn off cell phones please.
(d) Patients will be seen in order of their arrival.

5. Where does Janey accompany Mr. and Mrs. Anderson?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To the fair.
(c) To the library.
(d) To the Larkin house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor promise as he leaves the Larkin house?

2. Who used to live in the house the Larkins are moving into?

3. What shoes does Janey wear to take her walk?

4. Who is the doctor who Mrs. Romero recommends to Mrs. Larkin?

5. Where does Janey wait for the teacher and other students?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the large pile of firewood at the house signify for Janey?

2. What offer does Mr. Anderson make to Mr. Larkin?

3. What is Janey's reasoning for gauging the teacher by how the teacher reacts to the horned toad?

4. Where does Janey decide to go since Dad is not going to work and won't be taking her to school this day?

5. How does Janey know that her Mom is very sick?

6. What does Janey note about the differences in her parents and she relates to each of them?

7. What is Janey's frame of mind as she sits watching the ducks on the water?

8. Why does Janey attend the Camp School instead of the Regular School?

9. Who intrudes on Janey's contentment as she sits watching the ducks?

10. What does the eucalyptus tree job mean for the Larkin family?

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