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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 happens when Brian goes to the Green Lantern?
(a) The women there are very kind to him.
(b) A woman throws things at him and tells him to leave.
(c) He is embarrassed and runs away.
(d) He sees his father there.

2. Why won't Rose Mary talk about her homelessness?
(a) She is deeply ashamed.
(b) It is genuinely not important to her.
(c) She is afraid of being put into a nursing home.
(d) She doesn't want her daughter to lecture her.

3. Why does the family often pick up and leave in the middle of the night?
(a) Rose Mary wants the children to travel all of the time.
(b) Rex is a convict and the family must not be discovered.
(c) The weather makes the baby sick.
(d) Rex is convinced that government agents or police are after the family.

4. What is Rex's educational background?
(a) He is educated and has worked as an engineer.
(b) He has never had any formal schooling.
(c) He did not graduate high school, but is very well-read.
(d) He has no education beyond grammar school.

5. What is the incident in the first section of Part 2 that serves as a metaphor for the neglect that the children suffer?
(a) Lori runs away and the family doesn't realize that she is gone.
(b) Jeannette falls out of the car and her parents don't notice for a while.
(c) Brian is left in an apartment alone when the family moves.
(d) The baby is left on top of the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeannette feel as she looks around her comfortable apartment?

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

3. Jeannette has how many siblings?

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

5. What incident gets the Walls family escorted out of the zoo by security?

(see the answer key)

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