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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. Smarsh says she is the the only female in her family who did not have which of the following?
(a) A welfare check.
(b) A cleaning service.
(c) A violent or absent father.
(d) A trust fund.

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

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

4. What sport did Smarsh participate in at Murdock?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Field hockey.
(d) Track.

5. Which judge did Betty have a particularly friendly relationship with?
(a) Judge Farrar.
(b) Judge Romer.
(c) Judge Watson.
(d) Judge Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What serious problem did Nick's second wife have?

3. Who was Dorothy's second husband?

4. What town did Betty have two ex-husbands from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, how does Bob break Betty's heart?

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

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

4. What was one reason Bob found it fairly easy to get full custody of his and Betty's son in Part IV?

5. What does Smarsh learn from her father Nick regarding houses?

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

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

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

9. Why was school so much better for Smarsh in Wichita than it had been at her old school?

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

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