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

2. What is the high school guidance counselor's advice for Jeannette?
(a) To get married and not worry about school.
(b) To graduate high school and find a college to go to in West Virginia.
(c) To keep her aspirations low, considering her background.
(d) To find a vocational school to go to, and live at home.

3. What event precipitates the argument in which Erma ends up hitting Lori?
(a) Erma believes Jeannette stole her money.
(b) Brian becomes upset at Erma because she doesn't pay attention to him.
(c) Lori catches Erma attempting to molest Brian.
(d) Erma tells Lori that her father is "just a bum."

4. Why does Brian go to investigate the Green Lantern?
(a) He thinks he will see his father there.
(b) He wants to meet the girls there.
(c) Jeannette dares him to.
(d) His friends tell him he should.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the youngest child in the Walls family?

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

4. What is Brian doing as he enters adolescence?

5. How does Jeannette explain her accident to the doctors and nurses at the hospital?

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