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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 229 - 288).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jeannie tell Smarsh was the smartest investment in real estate?
(a) Buying in a down market.
(b) Buying the worst house on a given block.
(c) Buying in a gentrifying neighborhood.
(d) Buying the best house on a given block.

2. Who was Betty's "brainy" older brother?
(a) Robert.
(b) Carl.
(c) Arnie.
(d) Chic.

3. What did Jeannie have a knack for as far as home decorating?
(a) Using paint wisely.
(b) Sculpture and the use of mirrors.
(c) Fine art.
(d) Making it look like she had more money than she did.

4. What did the neighbors and farmers who bid on Arnie's equipment at auction after he died do as a sign of respect?
(a) Bid high to drive prices up deliberately.
(b) Asked the church to help bid on the items to ensure they would sell.
(c) Bought all of the items at exactly 25 percent higher than face value.
(d) Gave all their money to Betty and let her keep the auction items.

5. What did Smarsh say her life was a bridge between in Chapter 7?
(a) The present and the future.
(b) The farm and the city.
(c) The past and the present.
(d) The working poor and the higher economic classes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Smarsh she is smarter than most adults he knows?

2. Who was Smarsh's paternal grandfather?

3. What happened in Chapter 6 when Dorothy tracked Aaron down to ask for child support?

4. What did Smarsh remember her father letting her do when they visited Betty in the hospital?

5. What did Smarsh say in Chapter 5 that most people associate poverty with?

(see the answer key)

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