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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 is Pud's older daughter?
(a) Candy.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Billie.
(d) Michelle.

2. Who did Betty marry in 1971 to help her try to get her son back?
(a) Jeffrey.
(b) Harry.
(c) Mark.
(d) Miguel.

3. Who was one of Betty's sisters?
(a) Jeannie.
(b) Polly.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Michelle.

4. What was Betty's and Arnie's farm a constant operation in, according to Smarsh?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Angst.
(c) Debt.
(d) Food production.

5. What does Smarsh note that President Bill Clinton was known for in Chapter 4?
(a) Welfare reform.
(b) Legal reform.
(c) Prison reform.
(d) Nutrition reform.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the District Attorney Smarsh ran into at work with her grandmother?

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

4. What movie did Smarsh cite as having paricularly harmful stereotypes of rural people in Chapter 4?

5. How did Nick describe his own mother Teresa to Smarsh?

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