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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. Why does Rose Mary dislike her teaching job?
(a) She always wanted to be college professor.
(b) Because teaching requires organization and discipline.
(c) Teachers don't make enough money.
(d) Rose Mary dislikes being with other people's children.

2. Rose Mary hopes to do what while they are living in Phoenix?
(a) Open an art gallery.
(b) Learn to cook.
(c) Go back to college.
(d) Get her children into a better school.

3. Why does Rex tell his family that he has lost his job?
(a) There is no more work, the company is closing.
(b) His boss does not like him.
(c) Because it's time to quit and "look for gold."
(d) Because the government made his company fire him.

4. Why does Jeannette confront her mother and say she is acting like a child?
(a) Her mother has been spending money on gambling.
(b) Because her mother has been staying out late every night.
(c) Her mother is angry at Lori and ignoring her.
(d) Because her mother has quit her job again.

5. What do the children think of their new home in Arizona?
(a) They wish that they still lived in Battle Mountain.
(b) They hate the house as it's not very large.
(c) They feel as if they are living in a mansion.
(d) They think the house is old and creepy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rex react when Jeannette accidentally burns the shed down?

2. How do Jeannette's views of her parents' behavior change as she develops into a teenager?

3. What do the Walls parents teach the children?

4. What do Jeannette and Brian find when they are foraging in the woods?

5. What happens when the children are traveling in the back of the U-haul to Battle Mountain?

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