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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. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Casey.
(b) Janie.
(c) Haley.
(d) Pauline.

2. What does Barney say the narrator's sweat shirt makes her look like?
(a) A koala.
(b) A panda.
(c) A kangaroo.
(d) A polar bear.

3. How do Peony and Jasmine get back at the youngest Walker for shooting their mother?
(a) They kill his children.
(b) They cast a spell on him.
(c) They peck him to death.
(d) They steal his food.

4. What does the narrator say is the only difference between Phil's furniture and the furniture she used at Barney's?
(a) The design.
(b) The price tag.
(c) The label.
(d) The material.

5. How has Morey distracted the nurse at the desk?
(a) He is pretending to be a dancer.
(b) He is begging her to see his daughter.
(c) He is showing her his war injuries.
(d) He is talking to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Barney live in Stockton?

2. What are mobile junk heaps?

3. All the furniture looks like its been ordered out of _____________.

4. What does the youngest Walker feed his parents when they start to die?

5. What does Casey's teacher tell her after she slaps her with a ruler?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Barney's current situation so dire?

2. What does the owl story symbolize within context to the entire story?

3. What does Mr. Jeh tell Casey about his soul?

4. Why does Barney say Casey can't move back with him just yet?

5. Why does Casey feel such a strong bond with Paw Paw?

6. How do Jasmine and Peony help the Walker family?

7. What problems does Casey initially have at her new school?

8. What negative effect does this section show that Barney's gambling addiction has had on Casey?

9. What does Mr. Jeh do with the money Gilbert gives him?

10. What agreement do Casey and Paw Paw come to?

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