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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 are the two ways Barney has always promised the narrator he would make money?

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

3. What do Peony and her brothers capture from the middle brother?

4. What film does the narrator try to watch on TV?

5. What does Phil do for a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Casey like Phil?

2. What has Phil done to ensure his family blends in with the white families?

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

4. Why does Casey hate her new school?

5. What is Casey's life like with her father?

6. What does Casey realize about herself as Phil drives her through Chinatown?

7. How does the spell effect the Walker family?

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

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

10. What deal does the younger Walker make with the owls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Casey's character at the beginning of the book to her character at the end of the book.

1. What did Casey hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events change Casey's ideas about life?

3. How has Casey's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Why is it so difficult for Casey to leave her father? What kind of relationship do they have? How is the relationship effecting both?

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