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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 do the children discover that their mother is doing while they have no food in the house?
(a) She is using drugs.
(b) She is stealing food to put in their lunches.
(c) She is taking money to gamble, rather than buying food.
(d) She is hoarding candy bars and eating them by herself.

2. Why won't Rose Mary talk about her homelessness?
(a) She is deeply ashamed.
(b) It is genuinely not important to her.
(c) She is afraid of being put into a nursing home.
(d) She doesn't want her daughter to lecture her.

3. What happens when the children are traveling in the back of the U-haul to Battle Mountain?
(a) The door of the U-haul comes open and the parents don't notice.
(b) The truck breaks down and the children have to hike many hours.
(c) The truck catches on fire.
(d) The baby becomes very ill.

4. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying with Grandma Smith?
(a) She is very funny and easy-going and loves to play.
(b) She treats Rex with great respect.
(c) She indulges the children's every whim.
(d) She provides a sense of stability and makes hot meals.

5. Why does Rex lose so many jobs?
(a) He is an alcoholic.
(b) He threatens the other employees.
(c) He does not have any skills.
(d) He has a physical disability.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Walls children get along socially at their new school in Part 3?

2. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying in the hospital?

3. What is the Green Lantern?

4. Why do Rex and Rose Mary leave the children with their grandparents?

5. How does Rose Mary try to keep Rex from spending the family's money?

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