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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, New York City, and Part Five, Thanksgiving,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Rose Mary and Rex react to the children's story about the incident between Erma and Brian?
(a) They are enraged at Erma.
(b) They beat the children for lying.
(c) They pretend that they do not hear what the children are saying.
(d) They side with Erma, saying the children should have behaved better.

2. What does Rose Mary inherit when her mother dies?
(a) A house in Arizona and land in Texas.
(b) Several hundred thousand dollars.
(c) A mansion.
(d) Her mother's jewelry collection.

3. What do the children discover that their mother is doing while they have no food in the house?
(a) She is using drugs.
(b) She is taking money to gamble, rather than buying food.
(c) She is hoarding candy bars and eating them by herself.
(d) She is stealing food to put in their lunches.

4. Where are Jeannette's parents living when they move to New York?
(a) With Lori in her apartment.
(b) In their own home.
(c) As squatters in an abandoned building.
(d) In a hostel.

5. What was Rex doing when he met Rose Mary?
(a) He was a traveling salesman.
(b) He did not have a job.
(c) He was working as an electrical engineer.
(d) He was in the Air Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to greatly improve Lori's situation at school and home?

2. What is Jeannette's mother doing when Jeannette hurt herself in Part 2?

3. Who is the oldest child in the Walls family?

4. How do Jeannette's views of her parents' behavior change as she develops into a teenager?

5. How has Rose Mary reacted to previous offers of help from her children?

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