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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Jeannie start her third kindergarten?
2. What does Smarsh note that President Bill Clinton was known for in Chapter 4?
3. What phrase does Smarsh use to describe women on welfare in the late 1980s?
4. Who did Betty meet soon after her breakup with Herb?
5. What violent storms are most common in Kansas?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Jeannie's boyfriend, also named Bob, treat Smarsh?
2. Why does Smarsh think being poor carries such a unique kind of shame in America?
3. Why was school so much better for Smarsh in Wichita than it had been at her old school?
4. What happens that leads to Nick losing his house in Part IV?
5. How does Smarsh win an essay contest in fifth grade in Part III?
6. What does it mean to Smarsh when Arnie tells her in Part III that she is smart?
7. In Part IV, what does the maroon wall symbolize for Jeannie?
8. What habit does Smarsh pick up in Part III that she sometimes tells God she will try to stop?
9. What was one reason Bob found it fairly easy to get full custody of his and Betty's son in Part IV?
10. In Part III, what does Smarsh's father do to her that she is very hurt by?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 7, how does Smarsh say she knows she is finally no longer poor? What does her large new house represent to her? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How did losing, and then reconnecting many years later, with her son Bo (Robert) affect Betty? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
How does Smarsh seem to view the classic idea enshrined in the American psyche of the American Dream? What has hers and her family's experience of this idea been? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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