2. Why are the houses and the school crammed so close together?
(a) To encourage education.
(b) To save energy.
(c) To keep the majority of the land for farming.
(d) To make a tight neighborhood.

3. How much will Mr. Larkin give the person in #115 if Mr. Larkin wins one of the top prizes today?
(a) $25.
(b) $5.
(c) $10.
(d) $15.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bounce come to the Larkin house one night?

2. Janey notices that Lupe is frightened by _________________ at the contest.

3. What is Mr. Larkin's record for picking cotton in a single day?

4. Where does Janey wish she could go in Chapter 5?

5. What disease does the doctor say Mrs. Larkin has?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain how Janey knows that she is really home in the new house with the new furniture.

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

4. What is Dad's description of bravery and why does Janey now have a better appreciation for the bravery exhibited by her parents?

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

6. 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?

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

8. What disease is Mom diagnosed as having?

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

10. What does Janey offer to Bounce as rent payment so that he will leave the house?

(see the answer keys)

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