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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 Barney say his luck is?

2. What does Phil call Casey's behavior in this section?

3. What does Barney have up his nose at the beginning of this section?

4. How is the narrator helping out Moe?

5. What language do the students in Casey's new school mostly speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Booger bully Casey?

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

3. Why does Casey hate her new school?

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

5. How does Jasmine live the rest of her life?

6. How did Mr. Jeh survive when he first moved to San Francisco?

7. How does the younger Walker try to save his parents from starvation?

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

9. How do the Walkers help Peony, Jasmine, and their mother?

10. How does the spell effect the Walker family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Paw Paw have such a poor relationship with her son Phil, but has such sympathy for Barney? What do you think about the way she treats both men? How does her treatment affect both of them?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting. What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns? How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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