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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 does the teacher ask Janey about the horned toad?
(a) If she will turn it loose.
(b) If she will keep it.
(c) If she has a name for it yet.
(d) If she knows what it eats.

2. What does a large pile of wood signify to Janey?
(a) The appearance of a permanent home.
(b) They are better off than the neighbors.
(c) More work to do.
(d) They will be warm for awhile longer.

3. What does Janey realize Bounce Reyburn is going to do when she sees him?
(a) Kill ducks.
(b) Go fishing.
(c) Take some photos.
(d) Chase her away.

4. What disease does the doctor say Mrs. Larkin has?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Diabetes.

5. What does Mr. Larkin bring home this night?
(a) Coats.
(b) Tires.
(c) Wood.
(d) Groceries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Anderson arrange for the Larkins?

2. Where does Janey accompany Mr. and Mrs. Anderson?

3. What does the sign inside the doctor's office say?

4. How will Janey gauge the teacher's personality?

5. Where does Janey go when she does not go to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dad's description of bravery and why does Janey now have a better appreciation for the bravery exhibited by her parents?

2. Why is Janey taken with the story of King Arthur and how does Dad say that they also have bravery?

3. Explain how Janey knows that she is really home in the new house with the new furniture.

4. What memory is prompted for Janey when seeing cows outside on a cold night?

5. What is Janey's frame of mind as she sits watching the ducks on the water?

6. What does Janey offer to Bounce as rent payment so that he will leave the house?

7. What is the purpose of Miss Peterson's visit to the Larkin house?

8. How do the Larkins spend the money won in the cotton picking contest?

9. Why does Janey attend the Camp School instead of the Regular School?

10. Why does Janey have so much anxiety about the cotton picking contest?

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