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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. After Lily Ruth Maureen is born, where does the family move?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Battle Mountain.

2. What happens when the Walls children begin school in Phoenix?
(a) They are all put into special education classes.
(b) They are very popular right away.
(c) They are put into advanced classes.
(d) They decide not to return after the first week.

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

4. How does Rose Mary try to keep Rex from spending the family's money?
(a) She spends it all before he can get at it.
(b) She lets the children handle the money.
(c) She takes it to a bank and does not tell him.
(d) She hides it in the house.

5. How does Jeannette feel as she looks around her comfortable apartment?
(a) Tired of everything.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jeannette has how many siblings?

2. What do the children think of their new home in Arizona?

3. What type of childhood does Jeannette say she had?

4. How is Jeannette able to keep from going hungry at school after her father loses his job again?

5. Why does Rex say that the family must leave Las Vegas?

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