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

2. What did Grandma Betty say about a man who did not earn his keep?
(a) He was only as good as his trousers.
(b) He never turned a tap.
(c) He was a tumbleweed.
(d) He was a scallywag.

3. Why did Betty agree to marry Dean?
(a) He had money.
(b) He was a good cook.
(c) He was from Colorado, and she loved Colorado.
(d) Jeannie liked him.

4. Who was Jeannie's new boyfriend in Part IV?
(a) Ronald.
(b) Bob.
(c) Marley.
(d) Jackson.

5. What job did the judge tell Betty was no job for a woman?
(a) Officer of the court.
(b) Parole officer.
(c) Correctional officer.
(d) County subpoena officer for the juvenile court.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Dorothy's parents?

2. Who did Betty meet soon after her breakup with Herb?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What habit does Smarsh pick up in Part III that she sometimes tells God she will try to stop?

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

3. Why did Betty leave Ray, Jeannie's father?

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

5. How does Smarsh win an essay contest in fifth grade in Part III?

6. In Part IV, what was Betty's husband Bob like to both her and Jeannie?

7. Why were Smarsh and her brother embarrassed when their father drove them to school in Part III?

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

9. How did Jeannie's boyfriend, also named Bob, treat Smarsh?

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

(see the answer keys)

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