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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 Janey want her father to take the job of trimming the trees?
(a) They can stay longer.
(b) They need the money.
(c) They need wood for the cook stove.
(d) He likes to work outside.

2. What arrives at the school and interrupts class?
(a) The milk truck.
(b) The traveling infirmary.
(c) The library truck.
(d) The fire truck.

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

4. Janey is so happy that she feels as if she owns everything in sight and that _____________________.
(a) this is the best time of her life.
(b) nothing else matters.
(c) she loves everyone.
(d) it will never change.

5. What day of the week is it in Chapter 6?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Janey plan to trade for the doctor's services?

3. What does the teacher allow the students to do during the day?

4. What does Mr. Anderson arrange for the Larkins?

5. What had Bounce hoped to trade the willow plate back to the Larkins for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Janey knows about the Camp School.

2. Describe Janey's first day at Camp School.

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

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

6. What does Janey do to prevent Bounce from shooting the ducks she has been watching?

7. How do the Larkins spend the money won in the cotton picking contest?

8. Why does Janey go to the Anderson house prior to the Larkin family's leaving the area and what does she learn from Mr. Anderson regarding her willow plate?

9. Why is Janey taken with the story of King Arthur and how does Dad say that they also have bravery?

10. Why does the Camp School come to a close?

(see the answer keys)

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