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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did Smarsh research this book for?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. Smarsh says the American economy is less like a dream than it is like which of the following?
(a) A bed of flowers.
(b) An inconsistent god.
(c) A race.
(d) A restaurant meal.

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

5. What does Smarsh say her mother's true nature was?
(a) Despair.
(b) Anger.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Severe serenity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Smarsh remember her father letting her do when they visited Betty in the hospital?

2. What does Nick teach Smarsh how to do to fall asleep more easily?

3. What did Smarsh's mother say about paying retail?

4. What is Smarsh's nickname as a child?

5. Who is Smarsh's younger brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Smarsh's parents, Jeannie and Nick, meet?

2. What kinds of health epidemics does Smarsh say rural families often face today?

3. What are Smarsh's memories of her father Nick like from childhood?

4. What birthday does Smarsh's father have that Smarsh feels is a sort of poetic for him?

5. Why does Smarsh address her child that has never been conceived or born as "August?"

6. What skill did Jeannie and Nick both have in common?

7. How does Nick's pole barn burn down?

8. How does Smarsh define her family's poverty in Part I?

9. In Part I, what happens with Jeannie that Betty takes to heart because she thinks it symbolizes her failures as a mother?

10. What was Smarsh's relationship with her mother like when Smarsh was a young child?

(see the answer keys)

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