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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the incident in the first section of Part 2 that serves as a metaphor for the neglect that the children suffer?
(a) Brian is left in an apartment alone when the family moves.
(b) Lori runs away and the family doesn't realize that she is gone.
(c) The baby is left on top of the car.
(d) Jeannette falls out of the car and her parents don't notice for a while.

2. What happens when the children are traveling in the back of the U-haul to Battle Mountain?
(a) The truck breaks down and the children have to hike many hours.
(b) The baby becomes very ill.
(c) The door of the U-haul comes open and the parents don't notice.
(d) The truck catches on fire.

3. Which of the following does Rose Mary tell Jeannette about changing?
(a) That she needs a lot of help if she is going to change.
(b) That she does not want to change.
(c) That she cannot change because of her husband.
(d) That she would change if she wasn't so old.

4. What was Rex doing when he met Rose Mary?
(a) He did not have a job.
(b) He was working as an electrical engineer.
(c) He was a traveling salesman.
(d) He was in the Air Force.

5. Where did Rex grow up?
(a) Welch, West Virginia.
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) Biloxi, Mississippi.
(d) New York, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Jeannette's parents' feelings regarding society's rules?

2. Who is Billy Deel?

3. What else does Rose Mary tell Jeannette in their meeting that she should do?

4. What happens when Jeannette is released from the hospital?

5. How does Jeannette learn to swim?

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