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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. In Part 2, how old is Jeannette when she gets injured?
(a) Ten years old.
(b) Six years old.
(c) A few days old.
(d) Three years old.

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

3. How does Erma differ from Grandma Smith?
(a) Erma is close her family, and Grandma Smith was distant.
(b) Erma is very kind and shy, while Grandma Smith was standoffish.
(c) Erma is very urban and streetwise, while Grandma Smith was very "country".
(d) Erma is callous and rough, while Grandma Smith was very nurturing.

4. What does Jeannette's mother reluctantly do to help keep the family together in Part 3?
(a) She decides to move the family to Texas.
(b) She makes plans to leave Rex.
(c) She gets a job as a teacher.
(d) She gets the children into a good private school.

5. Why does Jeannette begin to refuse to go to her uncle's house?
(a) Because she wants to help her mother instead.
(b) Because her uncle tried to molest her.
(c) Because she is mad at her grandfather, who also lives there.
(d) Because she is afraid to leave her siblings at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Rex and Rose Mary leave the children with their grandparents?

2. Where is Jeannette going when she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?

3. Where is Jeannette finding food during the family's first winter in their new home in Welch?

4. Who helps Rose Mary write and organize her lesson plans?

5. What happens to the money that Lori and Jeannette have been saving?

(see the answer key)

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