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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. When Jeannette is sent out to get her father in Welch, where does she finally find him?
(a) At the Green Lantern.
(b) At a bar.
(c) Passed out on the side of the road.
(d) At his mother's house.

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

3. The family often lacks basic necessities, which is underscored by an incident in which Jeannette finds her sister, Lori, eating what?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Apples from the neighbor's tree.
(c) Food that she found out in the yard.
(d) A stick of margarine with some sugar.

4. What do Jeannette and Brian find when they are foraging in the woods?
(a) A fur coat.
(b) A set of golf clubs.
(c) An expensive diamond ring.
(d) A camera.

5. How does Rex react when Jeannette accidentally burns the shed down?
(a) He makes Jeannette and Brian rebuild the barn.
(b) He beats Jeannette.
(c) He does not realize that Jeannette is responsible.
(d) He is not angry and turns it into a physics lesson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brian go to investigate the Green Lantern?

2. What event throws Rex and Rose Mary into homelessness?

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

4. What basic needs do Jeannette's family not always provide?

5. In Part 3, Jeannette and Lori make big plans to do what?

(see the answer key)

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