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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. Where does Janey go when she does not go to school?

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

3. The man who picks the most cotton in the contest will win an additional _________________.

4. What kind of shop is Mrs. Romero going to open?

5. What is the teacher's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the purpose of Miss Peterson's visit to the Larkin house?

5. What disease is Mom diagnosed as having?

6. What memory is prompted for Janey when seeing cows outside on a cold night?

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

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 note about the differences in her parents and she relates to each of them?

10. Explain what Janey knows about the 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 mother? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Janey always recall about her mother from their experiences in California during the Great Depression?

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

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?

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