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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 126 - 167).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Betty and Smarsh leave Betty's new house in the middle of the night in Chapter 3?
(a) There was no heat.
(b) It was infested with cockroaches.
(c) It had a gas leak.
(d) The water was shut off.

2. In 1994, what kind of program did California implement related to welfare recipients?
(a) A finger-printing program.
(b) A facial recognition program.
(c) A driver's license program.
(d) A welfare-to-work program.

3. Who was the District Attorney Smarsh ran into at work with her grandmother?
(a) Mark Meadon.
(b) Nola Foulston.
(c) Jennifer Smith.
(d) Marley Davidson.

4. What was one reason Smarsh was singled out as being an outcast at her elementary school?
(a) She took her belongings to school in a paper sack, not a backback.
(b) She was the only mixed-race girl there.
(c) She was the only girl who grew up on a farm there.
(d) She had mismatched shoes.

5. What did Smarsh remember her father letting her do when they visited Betty in the hospital?
(a) Ride in a wheelchair.
(b) Eat in the hospital cafeteria.
(c) Walk into the hospital room alone.
(d) Buy flowers at the hospital gift shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Betty do to Joe, Dorothy's third husband?

2. Who did Smarsh's father marry in Chapter 4?

3. Which Senator did a highly publicized investigation into supposedly rampant welfare fraud in 1962?

4. Who is Smarsh's grandmother on her mother's side?

5. What did Smarsh's brother Matt suffer from as a child?

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