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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Welch, Pages 183-241,.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Jeannette expect her new grandparents to be like?
(a) Serious like her father.
(b) She has no idea what having a grandparent would be like.
(c) Cruel, because that has been her experience.
(d) Warm, nurturing, and fun.

4. What is the Green Lantern?
(a) A brothel that the children frequently walk by.
(b) The secret place where the children go to play.
(c) A bar where the parents often go.
(d) A spot in the woods where Jeannette and Brian play.

5. What basic needs do Jeannette's family not always provide?
(a) Safety.
(b) Love.
(c) Education of any type.
(d) Food and shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeannette try to talk her mother into doing to make hers and the children's lives better?

2. Why do the other children look down on the Walls children?

3. How does Rose Mary try to keep Rex from spending the family's money?

4. What was Rex doing when he met Rose Mary?

5. Why does Jeannette confront her mother and say she is acting like a child?

(see the answer key)

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