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

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

3. How does Jeannette explain her accident to the doctors and nurses at the hospital?
(a) She says that she is not allowed to cook, but did it anyway.
(b) She tells them that her mother injured her on purpose.
(c) She says that she is allowed to cook alone, because she is very mature.
(d) She says that her sister distracted her and that is why she got hurt.

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

5. What do the children think of their new home in Arizona?
(a) They hate the house as it's not very large.
(b) They wish that they still lived in Battle Mountain.
(c) They think the house is old and creepy.
(d) They feel as if they are living in a mansion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying with Grandma Smith?

2. Where is Jeannette going when she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?

3. What is Jeannette's profession?

4. Why does the family leave for Arizona in the middle of the night?

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

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