Blue Willow
  • 1. Grandma will _________ the way my mother decorated with purple because she hates purple.
A) sulkily
B) undoubtedly
C) loathe
D) indifferent
  • 2. It is a real ____________ that my brothers will be home on school nights.
A) loathe
B) indifferent
C) certainty
D) heartily
  • 3. Grandpa laughed ____________ at the jokes Jack was telling.
A) heartily
B) indifferent
C) sulkily
D) loathe
  • 4. I was ____________ about going to the movie, because I had already seen it.
A) indifferent
B) undoubtedly
C) certainty
D) protruded
  • 5. I looked at my father __________ when he said I had to go to bed early.
A) spiny
B) sulkily
C) certainty
D) undoubtedly
  • 6. Mom's apple pie is ______________ the best in the world.
A) certainty
B) heartily
C) loathe
D) undoubtedly
  • 7. No one could figure out what __________ from the roof of the building.
A) habitat
B) protruded
C) indifferent
D) loathe
  • 8. At the beginning of the story, Janey doesn't want to go to the camp school because _____________.
A) school is hard for her
B) she doesn't like her new teacher
C) she hates school
D) she wants to go to the town school
  • 9. "We'll keep with our own kind," her father had once said when Janey had remonstrated with him. In this story, remonstrated means _____________.
A) showed
B) agreed
C) argued
D) tricked
  • 10. Why won't going to the "regular" school satisfy Janey any longer?
A) Her friend, Lupe, isn't there anymore.
B) She agrees that she should be with her own kind.
C) She is far ahead of the other students
D) She wants to really belong somewhere.
  • 11. Why does Janey assume that she will not learn much in the camp school?
A) She already knows much more than the other kids.
B) It is just a one-room school house.
C) All the students have learned different things.
D) She is not welcome there.
  • 12. How does Janey know for sure that school has not started yet?
A) The flag is not flying
B) There aren't any cars in the parking lot yet.
C) Everyone is still out in the fields
D) It's too early in the day.
  • 13. Who goes to the camp school?
A) Children who want to learn outdoor skills
B) Children whose parents live in the district.
C) Children whose parents work for a short time in the cotton fields.
D) Children who sign up for summer camp.
  • 14. Why is there a village of little houses near the cotton fields?
A) The workers don't want to live in town
B) Workers live there during the picking season.
C) People need shelter from the midday heat when working in the fields.
D) Camps always have rows
  • 15. How ling will Janey probably attend this camp school?
A) For two more years.
B) until it's time for the cotton pickers to move on
C) Until she has learned enough lessons
D) Until she graduates
  • 16. When the teachers says, "No ten-o'clock-scholar about you," what does she mean?
A) There are smart kids at this school, who will be there at 10.
B) Janey is late for school
C) Janey is early for school
D) All kids come at 10 o'clock
  • 17. What convinces Janey that her teacher is all right?
A) The teacher quotes a passage from Mother Goose.
B) The teacher calls Janey's new pet a horned toad
C) The teacher gets out of the dusty sedan smiling and merry.
D) The teacher names the horned toad Fafnir
  • 18. Why does Janey tiptoe into school?
A) The floor is wet.
B) Janey is happy she has found a wonderful teacher.
C) She wants to be a ballet dancer.
D) Her teacher is very tall.
  • 19. How does Miss Peterson show consideration for her students?
A) She doesn't give them homework on Wednesdays, or over the weekends.
B) She lets them move around, because they are sitting on uncomfortable benches.
C) She takes food to their houses when they're sick.
D) She lets them have extra-long recesses
  • 20. Why do the children know so much about other parts of the United States?
A) They travel with their families every year to places where cotton is grown.
B) They have relatives that live in other parts of the United States.
C) They did region projects, and have learned tons about the different parts of the United States.
D) They travel places on vacations.
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