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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 offer to do for Betty when she hooked up with him again in Chapter 5?
(a) Kill Bob for her.
(b) Marry her again.
(c) Take custody of her son with Bob.
(d) Take custody of Jeannie.

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 was a tumbleweed.
(c) He never turned a tap.
(d) He was a scallywag.

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

4. Who was Dorothy's second husband?
(a) Joe.
(b) Chic.
(c) Arnie.
(d) Nick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in Chapter 6 when Dorothy tracked Aaron down to ask for child support?

2. What did Smarsh think Jeannie's boyfriend Bob's house decorating style demonstrated about he and Jeannie?

3. What did Jeannie do for a living during much of Smarsh's life?

4. Who was Carl's wife who Jeannie was sent to live with in Chapter 5?

5. Who was one of Betty's sisters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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