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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 game do Lark and her mother play while her mother is cooking supper?

2. What does Mama say she wants to occur by next year?

3. Where is it decided that Stan will go to look for work?

4. What list is Lark called on to recite to the nuns during class?

5. What does Papa say about the group of ladies Mama spends time with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lark's reaction when Mama says she has to sell tickets to the picnic, and what is Mama's response?

2. What are some of Papa's duties with the railroad?

3. Why does a committee want Mrs. Stillman dismissed from her teaching job?

4. What are some of the job opportunities Mama sees but dismisses?

5. What is Papa's first excuse for where he'd been all night? What does he eventually admit about it?

6. What are Lark's thoughts about the financial situation for Aunt Betty and Uncle Stan and how does Uncle Stan's job contribute to that?

7. What is the significance of what Lark tells Mama while Lark is pretending to be Mrs. Brown?

8. What does Papa think about the possibility of Mama going to work, and why?

9. What is the argument Mama and Papa have about their evening's activities and what does each want the other to do?

10. How does Mama manage the practical aspects of life in the depot, such as heating their rooms and washing dishes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Aunt Betty and Mama. How are the two women similar? How are they different? How do these similarities and differences affect the lives of the two women?

Essay Topic 2

Lark's three best friends can be identified as Sally, Beverly, and Hilly. Identify each and describe their relationships with Lark. How does each impact Lark?

Essay Topic 3

List the jobs held by at least five of the characters of the story. How are the jobs similar? Different? What does each say about the personalities of the characters?

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