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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. Rex and Rose Mary make some money for the family by:
(a) Shoplifting food from stores and selling it.
(b) Scamming banks by making simultaneous withdrawals.
(c) Doing odd jobs for their neighbors.
(d) Dealing drugs.

2. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying in the hospital?
(a) Because it is quiet and not chaotic.
(b) Because she is angry at her family, and doesn't want to go home.
(c) Because there are lots of children to be friends with.
(d) Because she gets lots of presents from her family.

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

4. How does Rex react when Jeannette accidentally burns the shed down?
(a) He is not angry and turns it into a physics lesson.
(b) He does not realize that Jeannette is responsible.
(c) He beats Jeannette.
(d) He makes Jeannette and Brian rebuild the barn.

5. What is the Walls new house in Part 3 like?
(a) It is very small, but clean and modern.
(b) It is a very run-down one bedroom with no indoor plumbing.
(c) It is a mobile home.
(d) It is an old-fashioned house with lots of room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying with Grandma Smith?

2. How does Jeannette handle the family's finances while her mother is out of town?

3. Why does Jeannette end up stealing from her place of employment?

4. What is Rose Mary's philosophy on child-rearing?

5. What event precipitates the argument in which Erma ends up hitting Lori?

(see the answer key)

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