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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Janis?

2. What do the two kids drink at Flick's Tavern?

3. What is "the Graham?"

4. In the Midwest, Ralph says that storytelling revolved around:

5. Why is Ralph searching for a book in his parents' room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What makes the book have a community feel about it that can be related to by a great number of people, regardless of whether they grew up during the Great Depression or in the Midwest?

Essay Topic 2

What perceptions did you have about the Midwest before reading this book? Have any of those perceptions been changed? What makes the Midwest different from other parts of the country? What makes it the same? Why was the Midwest the setting for the book? How did it help develop the stories Ralph told?

Essay Topic 3

What do we learn about the Great Depression through stories told by a young child instead of those same stories told by an adult?

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