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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Aaron beat Betty when she was a child, as told by Smarsh in Chapter 4?
(a) Betty asked for milk.
(b) Betty missed picking up a single nail in the yard from a carpentry project.
(c) Betty asked for a Christmas present.
(d) Betty asked for shoes.

2. Which of the following is one type of government program Smarsh and her brother benefitted from during the 1980s?
(a) Free housing.
(b) Free movie tickets.
(c) Free clothing.
(d) Free lunch in school.

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

4. What did Smarsh say in Chapter 5 that most people associate poverty with?
(a) City life.
(b) Ugliness.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Rural life.

5. What did Smarsh say there was a good chance August would live in, hypothetically?
(a) A homeless shelter.
(b) A commune.
(c) A house that did not look like poor people lived there.
(d) A foreign country.

6. What violent storms are most common in Kansas?
(a) Cyclones.
(b) Tornadoes.
(c) Blizzards.
(d) Hurricanes.

7. Which Senator did a highly publicized investigation into supposedly rampant welfare fraud in 1962?
(a) Robert Jones.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Robert Smith.
(d) Robert Byrd.

8. Who was the president during the start of the Great Depression?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Dwight Eisenhower.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) George H.W. Bush.

9. When did Smarsh say both her parents lost jobs and entered one of the hardest stretches of their lives?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2000.

10. Who were Dorothy's parents?
(a) Jeannie and Nick.
(b) Ed and Irene.
(c) Chic and Teresa.
(d) Betty and Arnie.

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

12. What business did Dorothy start in Chapter 5 that was fairly successful?
(a) A gun shop.
(b) A truck stop diner.
(c) A hair salon.
(d) A makeup business.

13. What bad habit did Smarsh herself pick up in Chapter 4?
(a) She began to lie about being out late.
(b) She began to sell drugs.
(c) She began to drink heavily.
(d) She began to steal small things from shops.

14. What serious problem did Nick's second wife have?
(a) She suffered from mental illness.
(b) She had a heart condition.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Drug and alcohol addiction.

15. In Chapter 4, where does Smarsh's father take her and Matt on a vacation?
(a) To California.
(b) To the Ozarks.
(c) To Florida.
(d) To the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Betty ashamed of doing in the early 1960s as a young and single mother?

2. Who was Betty's "brainy" older brother?

3. How much was the house Nick and Chris bought in Chapter 5?

4. Who was Smarsh's new teacher after her parents divorced and Smarsh and her mother and brother moved to the Wichita area?

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

(see the answer keys)

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