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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. Who was Smarsh's paternal grandmother?
(a) Betty.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Mary.

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

3. What did Smarsh think Jeannie's boyfriend Bob's house decorating style demonstrated about he and Jeannie?
(a) Bob had much less money than even Jeannie.
(b) Bob probably valued practicality over aesthetics.
(c) Bob had no idea what city life was like.
(d) Their life histories did not match.

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

5. Which judge did Betty have a particularly friendly relationship with?
(a) Judge Romer.
(b) Judge Farrar.
(c) Judge Johnson.
(d) Judge Watson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Smarsh say was the "first residence" for anyone?

2. What did Smarsh say babies did when she held them?

3. Who were Dorothy's parents?

4. What did Smarsh say society told Americans about people in bad financial situations in the late twentieth century?

5. Which of the following is one type of government program Smarsh and her brother benefitted from during the 1980s?

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