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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janey want to buy with her nickel?

2. Janey thinks that Lupe's dress makes Lupe's skin look ___________________.

3. What does Janey ask Lupe to do while looking at the plate?

4. What does Lupe give to Janey because she thinks that Janey doesn't have any money?

5. What does Janey ask her father on the outing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Janey finally decide to spend her own nickel?

2. Who is Lupe Romero and how does Janey encounter her?

3. What is Bounce's role on the ranch and what authority does he say he has regarding rent?

4. How could Janey's comment about Lupe's skin be considered prejudiced?

5. What is unspoken between Janey and Lupe regarding the ride ticket that Lupe gives Janey?

6. What does Mom give to Janey to take to the fair?

7. What is the significance of the nickel in terms of how Mom feels for Janey's good fortune?

8. Why is Janey jealous of Lupe?

9. Why are the Larkins living the way they are now in California?

10. What are the differences between a regular school and a camp school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the greatest lesson Janey learns from her father? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Janey always recall about her father from their experiences in California during the Great Depression?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

The author used more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two examples about loss in the book and then explain why the examples support the theme.

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