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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 is the teacher's name?
2. What does the teacher ask Janey about the horned toad?
3. What is Janey's mood at this point in her life?
4. What had Bounce hoped to trade the willow plate back to the Larkins for?
5. What does Janey do while Mrs. Romero takes care of Mrs. Larkin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dad enter into a fight with Bounce that could land Dad in jail?
2. Where does Janey decide to go since Dad is not going to work and won't be taking her to school this day?
3. What does Janey note about the differences in her parents and she relates to each of them?
4. What does the large pile of firewood at the house signify for Janey?
5. What offer does Mr. Anderson make to Mr. Larkin?
6. Who all participates in Mrs. Larkin's care?
7. What disease is Mom diagnosed as having?
8. What does Janey offer to Bounce as rent payment so that he will leave the house?
9. What memory is prompted for Janey when seeing cows outside on a cold night?
10. Explain how Janey knows that she is really home in the new house with the new furniture.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Mr. Anderson. What is his role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Mr. Anderson's character in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the role of women in America during the Great Depression. What precedents do these women feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have? How were their lives significantly more difficult than the lives of 21st century women?
Essay Topic 3
The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of struggle. Identify at least two instances about struggle in the book and then cite examples to support your answers.
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