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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. What does Jeannette try to talk her mother into doing to make hers and the children's lives better?
(a) Getting a better job.
(b) Getting her father into rehab for his drinking.
(c) Leaving her father.
(d) Moving back to Phoenix.

2. What happens to the money that Jeannette is supposed to use to feed the family in Part 3?
(a) It only lasts a few weeks.
(b) The kids are able to make it last until their mother returns.
(c) Her brother and sisters take it before she can buy groceries.
(d) She wastes it all on things for the house.

3. Why does Jeannette confront her mother and say she is acting like a child?
(a) Her mother has been spending money on gambling.
(b) Her mother is angry at Lori and ignoring her.
(c) Because her mother has quit her job again.
(d) Because her mother has been staying out late every night.

4. Why does Rose Mary dislike her teaching job?
(a) Because teaching requires organization and discipline.
(b) Teachers don't make enough money.
(c) She always wanted to be college professor.
(d) Rose Mary dislikes being with other people's children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rose Mary living at the time of the Thanksgiving dinner?

2. What does Jeannette plan to do after high school?

3. What are Jeannette's parents' feelings regarding society's rules?

4. According to Rose Mary, how should Jeannette explain her mother's situation to others?

5. What does Rose Mary inherit when her mother dies?

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