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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. What did Smarsh say there was a good chance August would live in, hypothetically?
2. Why did Aaron beat Betty when she was a child, as told by Smarsh in Chapter 4?
3. Who were Dorothy's parents?
4. What did Betty do to Joe, Dorothy's third husband?
5. What did Smarsh think Jeannie's boyfriend Bob's house decorating style demonstrated about he and Jeannie?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Smarsh think Betty did well in her job at the courthouse?
2. What habit does Smarsh pick up in Part III that she sometimes tells God she will try to stop?
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 were some of the government assistance programs Smarsh and her brother benefitted from as children?
5. Why were Smarsh and her brother embarrassed when their father drove them to school in Part III?
6. How does Smarsh win an essay contest in fifth grade in Part III?
7. What was one reason Bob found it fairly easy to get full custody of his and Betty's son in Part IV?
8. What did the family of Vietnamese immigrants do to express their gratitude for Jeannie's help getting them their house?
9. In Part IV, what was Betty's husband Bob like to both her and Jeannie?
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 does going away to college change Smarsh's relationship with her family and of their perceptions of her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
What is the connection, for Smarsh, between her own ambition and the academic world? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
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