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

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

3. Where does the doctor drive Janey in his car?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A pharmacy.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The Larkin house.

4. Which of the following does Mr. Anderson NOT offer to Mr. Larkin?
(a) A house.
(b) Milk and eggs.
(c) A new truck.
(d) A job.

5. Who brings gifts and fruit to the Larkins' home?
(a) Mr. Anderson.
(b) Mr. Romero.
(c) Bounce.
(d) Miss Peterson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Janey's father work?

2. The Larkins once lived _____________________.

3. What does the Larkin family have all they want of on the farm?

4. What makes Janey happy about staying?

5. Who watches over Mrs. Larkin as Janey heads to town to find the doctor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the family relieved as Mom's condition continues to improve?

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

4. Describe the events of the Larkins moving into the place recently vacated by Bounce?

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

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

7. What disease is Mom diagnosed as having?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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