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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. Why do Katie's parents decide to put Katie in school in first grade instead of Kindergarten?

2. How much money does Lynn find hidden under the refrigerator?

3. What is an antebellum home?

4. What does Lynn tell Katie when she wakes up after the rabbit hunt?

5. What is the man in the parking lot called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the girls misplace during the moving process?

2. What do Katie and Lynn do while waiting in the car in St. Louis?

3. What is Katie's mother worried about when they prepare to move to Georgia, and what is Katie's father's response to this?

4. What does Silly say that makes Katie feel guilty?

5. How does the swamp near the plant that Mother works at get its name?

6. What does Lynn hope to do to make money when she is older?

7. What does Katsu talk about while Lynn is off with Amber and some boys?

8. What does Lynn dream about while she is sick?

9. Where does Lynn say she wants to live when she gets older?

10. What does Katie do with Sammy at night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death and mortality were two integral themes of this plot. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how does the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 2

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Cynthia Kadohata have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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