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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. Who is Dinitia?
(a) A little girl who at first bullies Jeannette, but then befriends her.
(b) Erma's sister.
(c) Rex's new girlfriend.
(d) A cousin of the Walls children who comes to stay with them.

2. Why do the Welch children end up in special education classes?
(a) They can't understand the principal and don't answer his questions correctly.
(b) The teacher talks to them and decides that they aren't smart.
(c) The children tell the principal that they want to be in slower classes.
(d) Their mother tells the school that the children can't read.

3. What does Jeannette tell her parents about the social worker visiting the house?
(a) That she told the social worker to go away.
(b) That they need to do something to help keep the family together.
(c) That she told the social worker the truth about what is going on in the home.
(d) That she hopes that the social workers take her to a new home.

4. Who is the youngest child in the Walls family?
(a) Brian.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Jeannette.
(d) Charlene.

5. Who helps Rose Mary write and organize her lesson plans?
(a) Brian.
(b) Lori.
(c) Another teacher.
(d) Rex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jeannette grow up?

2. What do the Walls parents teach the children?

3. In Part 2, what does Jeannette ask her father for as a Christmas gift?

4. Who takes care of baby Maureen while the family is moving?

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

(see the answer key)

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