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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. What show did Smarsh often like to watch with Arnie?
(a) Hee Haw.
(b) The Muppet Show.
(c) Hill Street Blues.
(d) The Carol Burnett Show.

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

3. What kind of prescription did Chris finally get after more than 25 years of struggling with addiction?
(a) Methadone.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Prozac.
(d) Naxolone.

4. What was the name of Smarsh's elementary school in Chapter 4?
(a) OK Elementary.
(b) Wichita Elementary.
(c) Baxter Elementary.
(d) Crown Elementary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Betty say when she saw a homeless person at a Wichita intersection?

2. What kind of program does Smarsh's teacher recommend her for in Chapter 4?

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

4. What car did Nick sometimes drive Smarsh and her brother to school in?

5. What problem did Smarsh realize her father suffered from in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the family of Vietnamese immigrants do to express their gratitude for Jeannie's help getting them their house?

2. What made Betty's poverty more tolerable to other people, in Smarsh's opinion?

3. In Part IV, what does the maroon wall symbolize for Jeannie?

4. What happens to Betty's mother in Part IV that has a negative effect on Betty and her young siblings at the time?

5. What does Smarsh say is a big differences between the poor and the middle-and-upper-class families who make mistakes?

6. Why does Smarsh think Betty did well in her job at the courthouse?

7. In Part III, what does Smarsh's father do to her that she is very hurt by?

8. In Part IV, what did Ray once offer to do for Betty that was criminal but that Betty tells Smarsh she considered?

9. What happens that leads to Nick losing his house in Part IV?

10. Why does Smarsh go to live with her grandparents just before turning 11?

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