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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dog that runs toward Janey?
(a) Skipper.
(b) Sport.
(c) Jo-Jo.
(d) Danger.

2. What does the person in #83 think Janey wants to do at the farm?
(a) Ride the horses.
(b) Milk cows.
(c) Pick vegetables.
(d) Steal eggs.

3. Why does Janey's family move so much?
(a) Janey's mother needs medical treatment.
(b) Her father is in the army.
(c) Her father is a contractor.
(d) Her father has to find work.

4. Who is Lupe?
(a) A neighbor girl.
(b) A seamstress.
(c) A hair stylist.
(d) A waitress.

5. What is Lupe's last name?
(a) Romero.
(b) Sanchez.
(c) Hidalgo.
(d) Rodriquez.

Short Answer Questions

1. Janey is aware that no one has approached them to either move out of the shack or ___________________.

2. How much rent do the Larkins pay for their shack for a month?

3. Where are the clean, wet clothes dried?

4. How does Janey feel when Mom gives her the nickel to go to the fair?

5. What is Bounce's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dad show that he can be content with his life the way it is?

2. Where is Janey invited to go with the Romeros?

3. How does the author use foreshadowing regarding the willow plate in Chapter 4?

4. Why does Janey wish for a brother or a sister?

5. What is the image on the blue willow plate?

6. What is unspoken between Janey and Lupe regarding the ride ticket that Lupe gives Janey?

7. What is the significance of the nickel in terms of how Mom feels for Janey's good fortune?

8. What conclusion does Janey come to regarding Lupe's skin color?

9. What are the differences between a regular school and a camp school?

10. What is Bounce's secretive behavior about the rent and why does Janey not like him?

(see the answer keys)

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