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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 phrase does Smarsh use to describe women on welfare in the late 1980s?
2. Which Senator did a highly publicized investigation into supposedly rampant welfare fraud in 1962?
3. How old was Smarsh's Grandma Teresa when the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in Congress?
4. What did Grandma Betty say about a man who did not earn his keep?
5. Who did Smarsh's father marry in Chapter 4?
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 Smarsh say is a big differences between the poor and the middle-and-upper-class families who make mistakes?
3. How does Smarsh win an essay contest in fifth grade in Part III?
4. What did the family of Vietnamese immigrants do to express their gratitude for Jeannie's help getting them their house?
5. What habit does Smarsh pick up in Part III that she sometimes tells God she will try to stop?
6. What happens to Betty's mother in Part IV that has a negative effect on Betty and her young siblings at the time?
7. In Part IV, what does the maroon wall symbolize for Jeannie?
8. Why were Smarsh and her brother embarrassed when their father drove them to school in Part III?
9. In Part III, what does Smarsh's father do to her that she is very hurt by?
10. What happens that leads to Nick losing his house in Part IV?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Smarsh's complex feelings about being identified as an academically "gifted" child and her confusion over her family's discomfort with the designation, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does Smarsh feel about the way the media generally portrays white, working class, and rural people like her family? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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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