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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, A Woman on the Street,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rose Mary want to discuss with her daughter in Part 1?
(a) How she needs help.
(b) Painters and a recent art exhibit.
(c) The author's childhood.
(d) Politics.

2. How does Jeannette contact Rose Mary to set up a meeting in Part 1?
(a) She sends a letter.
(b) She calls her father and asks him to relay the message.
(c) She calls a mutual friend.
(d) She leaves her a note at a hotel.

3. What else does Rose Mary tell Jeannette in their meeting that she should do?
(a) Move on and have her own life.
(b) Accept her parents as they are.
(c) Move away to another place.
(d) Help her parents to change.

4. Where did Jeannette grow up?
(a) She moved frequently.
(b) In Canada.
(c) In the deep South.
(d) Overseas, where her father was in the Air Force.

5. What are Jeannette's parents' feelings regarding society's rules?
(a) They are very responsible, but don't like it.
(b) They refuse to conform to them.
(c) They want to fit in with everyone.
(d) They think rules are very important.

Short Answer Questions

1. What basic needs do Jeannette's family not always provide?

2. What is Jeannette's profession?

3. What is Rose Mary doing when Jeannette first sees her at the beginning of the book?

4. Which of the following does Rose Mary tell Jeannette about changing?

5. Why won't Rose Mary talk about her homelessness?

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