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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Equal Rights Amendment first introduced in Congress?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1962.

2. What did Smarsh say Ronald Reagan built his presidential campaign in 1979 around?
(a) Raising taxes.
(b) Touting social programs.
(c) Shaming the poor.
(d) Cleaning up crime.

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

4. What did Ray offer to do for Betty when she hooked up with him again in Chapter 5?
(a) Marry her again.
(b) Kill Bob for her.
(c) Take custody of Jeannie.
(d) Take custody of her son with Bob.

5. What did Smarsh say society told Americans about people in bad financial situations in the late twentieth century?
(a) They must be bad people.
(b) They needed to attend college.
(c) They needed more social assistance.
(d) They needed financial counseling.

6. What movie did Smarsh cite as having paricularly harmful stereotypes of rural people in Chapter 4?
(a) The OK Corral.
(b) Shane.
(c) Deliverance.
(d) Highlander.

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

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

9. What did Betty say to Smarsh about the county jail, the entrance to which they would pass on their way to Betty's office?
(a) They state should release all non-violent offenders, and now.
(b) Be good, because Smarsh did not want to end up in there.
(c) Everyone in there deserved to be in there.
(d) The jail was chronically overcrowded.

10. What phrase does Smarsh use to describe women on welfare in the late 1980s?
(a) Welfare takers.
(b) Welfare queens.
(c) Welfare woes.
(d) Welfare whores.

11. What kind of contest does Smarsh win in Chapter 4?
(a) A dance competition.
(b) A public speaking contest.
(c) A debate competition.
(d) A math competition.

12. Who was Carl's wife who Jeannie was sent to live with in Chapter 5?
(a) Marsha.
(b) Pat.
(c) Mary.
(d) Priscilla.

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

14. How much was the house Nick and Chris bought in Chapter 5?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $400,000.
(c) $125,000.
(d) $300,000.

15. Who tells Smarsh she is smarter than most adults he knows?
(a) Nick.
(b) Chic.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Arnie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following artists did Jeannie often listen to after her divorce?

2. Smarsh says she is the the only female in her family who did not have which of the following?

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

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

5. What did Ray do to Betty in Chapter 6 that could easily have killed her?

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