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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Rex doing when he met Rose Mary?
(a) He was working as an electrical engineer.
(b) He did not have a job.
(c) He was in the Air Force.
(d) He was a traveling salesman.

2. What happens to Jeannette when she first starts school in Blythe?
(a) She hates school and hides out to avoid it.
(b) She has a very hard time academically.
(c) She is picked on because of her intelligence.
(d) She gets held back a grade.

3. How is Jeannette able to keep from going hungry at school after her father loses his job again?
(a) She steals her sister's food.
(b) She brings in apples from a neighbor's tree.
(c) Jeannette takes things from home and trades the items for food.
(d) A kind teacher makes sure that she has lunch every day.

4. Where is Jeannette going when she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?
(a) She is working in her office.
(b) She is in a cab, on the way to a party.
(c) She is walking down the street.
(d) She is in line at the pharmacy.

5. Jeannette's parents believe that children need:
(a) Strict discipline.
(b) Freedom and the chance to learn to fend for themselves.
(c) Physical punishment and to learn respect for elders.
(d) To be coddled, as they are unable to be responsible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Walls children begin school in Phoenix?

2. How long has Rex worked at the job in Battle Mountain before leaving it?

3. What causes the argument that ends in Rose Mary being dangled out of the window by her feet by Rex?

4. Which of these attributes does Jeannette NOT portray in her style of storytelling?

5. Where do Jeannette's parents live in Part 1 of the book?

(see the answer key)

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