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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 does Jeannette do after she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?
(a) Calls her friend to talk.
(b) Goes on to a party.
(c) Cries.
(d) Asks to be taken back home.

2. Why does Rex take the children to the zoo?
(a) Because he believes that they should learn more about science.
(b) He tells them they should be out doing things, and not in school.
(c) He says that he is getting claustrophobic being in the city.
(d) He takes them for an Easter present.

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

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

5. What type of childhood does Jeannette say she had?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Unique.
(c) Typical.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rex has no money to buy Christmas presents for the children, what does he give them?

2. Why does Brian go to investigate the Green Lantern?

3. What happens when Brian goes to the Green Lantern?

4. Who does Jeannette think that they are going to see and maybe even stay with in Arizona?

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

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