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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Welch, Pages 183-241,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jeannette get food to eat at school when she's hungry?
(a) Her friends share their lunches with her.
(b) She eats things from the trash.
(c) She steals from other children's lunches.
(d) She steals money to buy a snack each day.

2. Why does Jeannette begin to refuse to go to her uncle's house?
(a) Because she wants to help her mother instead.
(b) Because her uncle tried to molest her.
(c) Because she is afraid to leave her siblings at home.
(d) Because she is mad at her grandfather, who also lives there.

3. What do the Walls parents teach the children?
(a) They do not teach them any kind of academics.
(b) They teach them to read and write, to do math, and practical skills.
(c) They do not teach them, but want them to do very well in school.
(d) They teach them art, but not how to do math or read.

4. What is the condition of the Wells' house like when spring comes in Part 3?
(a) The house is deteriorating with mold everywhere and no front door.
(b) The house has been burned down.
(c) The family has added onto the house, so there is more room for the children.
(d) The kids paint the outside and fix up the yard, but the inside is still in bad shape.

5. What happens to Jeannette when she first starts school in Blythe?
(a) She is picked on because of her intelligence.
(b) She hates school and hides out to avoid it.
(c) She gets held back a grade.
(d) She has a very hard time academically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Hot Pot?

2. What kind of work does Rex do while they are in Arizona?

3. What does Jeannette try to talk her mother into doing to make hers and the children's lives better?

4. What happens when Jeannette is released from the hospital?

5. What does Jeannette want to do for a career by the time she is in 7th grade?

(see the answer key)

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