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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. Where does Lark and Mama go when Mama takes a week's vacation?
2. What color is the dress Mrs. Stillman is wearing when Lark arrives at her house?
3. What is Papa eating as Lark prepares to go outside, carrying her sin notebook with her?
4. What is at the top of Lark's Christmas list?
5. Why does Lark ask Mama to read the story of Peggy and the Pansies?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the argument Mama and Papa have over whether to buy a car or a house? What are the arguments of each?
2. Where does Lark think Mama and Aunt Betty are going, and what is later discovered about their real intentions?
3. What is the significance of Lark's statements about Myrna Loy and Mr. Brown?
4. What is the effect of Aunt Betty's affair on Grandma, and what does Mama say about Grandma's reaction?
5. Describe the letter Hilly writes to Lark in which he talks about the book HEIDI.
6. How does Christmas change for the family after the plans emerge to go to California?
7. How does Mama spend the money she wins at the theater?
8. What does Lark hear Mrs. Wheeler reveal to Mrs. Stillman?
9. What does Mrs. Stillman say about Hilly's death?
10. What does Papa say to Lark when he comes into the bedroom to get a handkerchief and how does Lark respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe where Lark and her family live. How does that compare with where Kathleen lives? With where Beverly lives? With where Sally lives? With where her Aunt Betty lives prior to the birth of her baby?
Essay Topic 2
Lark's imagination is fueled by many things. List at least three situations that prompt Lark's imagination and describe both the situation and the result.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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