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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 did Ray do to Betty in Chapter 6 that could easily have killed her?
(a) Poisoned her.
(b) Stabbed her in the foot.
(c) Made her drink too much alcohol.
(d) Shot her in the arm.

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

3. When did Smarsh say both her parents lost jobs and entered one of the hardest stretches of their lives?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2000.

4. What was one of the things that hindered Betty from retaining custody of her son with Bob?
(a) She was pregnant again.
(b) She was gearing up for her third divorce.
(c) She had just been admitted to a mental health hospital.
(d) She had just gotten fired from her job.

5. What car was Betty driving in Chapter 5 that she just left at the mechanic's when it broke down?
(a) A Corvette.
(b) A Honda.
(c) A Ford pickup.
(d) A Mercury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did Smarsh participate in at Murdock?

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

3. Who was Dorothy's second husband?

4. Who did Betty marry in 1971 to help her try to get her son back?

5. Where did Jeannie start first grade in the fall of 1968?

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

3. What does it mean to Smarsh when Arnie tells her in Part III that she is smart?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Smarsh think being poor carries such a unique kind of shame in America?

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

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