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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Welch, Pages 129-183,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rose Mary inherit when her mother dies?
(a) A house in Arizona and land in Texas.
(b) A mansion.
(c) Several hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Her mother's jewelry collection.

2. How does Erma differ from Grandma Smith?
(a) Erma is close her family, and Grandma Smith was distant.
(b) Erma is very urban and streetwise, while Grandma Smith was very "country".
(c) Erma is very kind and shy, while Grandma Smith was standoffish.
(d) Erma is callous and rough, while Grandma Smith was very nurturing.

3. What is the incident in the first section of Part 2 that serves as a metaphor for the neglect that the children suffer?
(a) The baby is left on top of the car.
(b) Jeannette falls out of the car and her parents don't notice for a while.
(c) Brian is left in an apartment alone when the family moves.
(d) Lori runs away and the family doesn't realize that she is gone.

4. Why does Rex take the children to the zoo?
(a) He says that he is getting claustrophobic being in the city.
(b) He takes them for an Easter present.
(c) Because he believes that they should learn more about science.
(d) He tells them they should be out doing things, and not in school.

5. Jeannette has how many siblings?
(a) Five brothers.
(b) Four sisters.
(c) A brother and two sisters.
(d) No siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes care of baby Maureen while the family is moving?

2. Why does Jeannette become upset at the man that gives her and her father a ride home from a bar in Part 3?

3. In Part 2, what does Jeannette ask her father for as a Christmas gift?

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

5. How does the Walls' financial situation improve for a time in Pheonix?

(see the answer key)

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