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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 168 - 228).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Smarsh's mother's name?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Marsha.
(c) Jeannie.
(d) Mary.

2. What did Smarsh's family think about insurance for property?
(a) It was necessary.
(b) It was a rip-off.
(c) It was only necessary for city people.
(d) It was only necessary if you had expensive things.

3. Who was Smarsh's paternal grandfather?
(a) Chic.
(b) Barry.
(c) Bob.
(d) Charlie.

4. What was one of the side jobs Smarsh's mother used to do to make extra money?
(a) Sell pastries.
(b) Sew clothes.
(c) Cut people's hair.
(d) Sell cosmetics door to door.

5. What life-threatening injury befalls Betty as a child?
(a) She is nearly electrocuted as a child when a power company worker leaves a live wire laying on the ground.
(b) She nearly drowns in a nearby lake.
(c) She is nearly killed on a construction site.
(d) She nearly falls down a sinkhole.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, where does Smarsh's father take her and Matt on a vacation?

2. Who was Jeannie's new boyfriend in Part IV?

3. What was Smarsh's grandfather commissioned to lead in 1949?

4. What kind of toy did Jeannie have as a child that she was heartbroken to lose?

5. Which baby animals did Smarsh love in Chapter 2, only to be devastated when they died?

(see the answer key)

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