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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 mobile junk heaps?

2. What did Morey draw for the narrator to help her sneak into the hospital?

3. What does the newspaper owner wear on his head?

4. What does Barney say his daughter is like?

5. Whom does Jasmine marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Casey hate her new school?

3. Describe the park Paw-Paw takes Casey to.

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

5. Why do Jasmine and Peony cast a spell on the younger Walker brother?

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

7. How does Booger bully Casey?

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

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

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

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

How has the death of Jeanine affected by Barney? How would their lives have been different if she had lived?

Essay Topic 3

How does Casey grow as a person through her relationship with Paw Paw? What does Paw Paw give Casey that Barney could never give her? What kind of person do you think Casey would have become if she had stayed with Barney?

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