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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. Where does Janey's father take her at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Church.
(b) The hardware store.
(c) Camp School.
(d) The ice cream stand.

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

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

4. Where do the students dance around the maypole?
(a) The arts center.
(b) The town square.
(c) Weston Union High School.
(d) The community center.

5. What is Janey's mood at this point in her life?
(a) Angry.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Content.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Larkin says that ________________ is/are as necessary today as it/they was/were in the time of King Arthur.

2. Why does Mom not allow Janey to put the willow plate out on display?

3. What does Janey do when she sees Bounce?

4. The correct name for the creature in #99 is _____________________.

5. What does Mr. Larkin bring home this night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain what Janey knows about the Camp School.

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

6. What disease is Mom diagnosed as having?

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

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. What does Janey notice as she waits for the teacher and other students at the Camp School?

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

(see the answer keys)

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