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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 is Papa's job at the depot?

2. Why does Mama say Grandma Browning can't stay with Aunt Betty?

3. What is the sound that wakes Lark from sleep that night?

4. What does Maria serve Lark with her break and butter?

5. In the letter Lark finds in the Hobo Jungle, to whom is Earl Samson writing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Lark and Uncle Stan greet each other? What does Lark think about Uncle Stan?

2. What is the basic information included in the letter Lark finds from Earl Samson to Bill?

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

4. What is Mama's plan for Aunt Betty and Uncle Stan and how does she start that plan rolling?

5. 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?

6. What is the response of the nun when Lark asks if playing poker is a sin, and why does she respond in that manner?

7. Describe the condition of Aunt Betty's house when Lark and Mama arrive.

8. Where does Mama tell Lark the baby has gone? Where does Lark believe it's gone? Why does Mama slap Lark?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the Cape Ann house represent to both Mama and Lark? What does it represent to Papa? What does each come to realize about the Cape Ann? How does each come to this conclusion?

Essay Topic 2

Compare any two characters in the book. What are the similarities, differences, and roles of each in the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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