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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 happened in Chapter 6 when Dorothy tracked Aaron down to ask for child support?
(a) Aaron was in jail.
(b) Aaron truthfully told Dorothy he had no money to give her.
(c) Aaron hit Dorothy and told her to leave.
(d) Aaron had already died.

2. What violent storms are most common in Kansas?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Blizzards.
(c) Hurricanes.
(d) Cyclones.

3. What did Smarsh say was the "first residence" for anyone?
(a) A small apartment.
(b) A trailer.
(c) A mother.
(d) A father.

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

5. Which Senator did a highly publicized investigation into supposedly rampant welfare fraud in 1962?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Robert Smith.
(c) Robert Byrd.
(d) Robert Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of Betty's sisters?

2. Who was Smarsh's new teacher after her parents divorced and Smarsh and her mother and brother moved to the Wichita area?

3. In what year was the Equal Rights Amendment first introduced in Congress?

4. Which judge did Betty have a particularly friendly relationship with?

5. Where did Jeannie start her third kindergarten?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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