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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Jeannette when she first starts school in Blythe?
(a) She has a very hard time academically.
(b) She gets held back a grade.
(c) She is picked on because of her intelligence.
(d) She hates school and hides out to avoid it.

2. How does Rose Mary try to keep Rex from spending the family's money?
(a) She spends it all before he can get at it.
(b) She takes it to a bank and does not tell him.
(c) She lets the children handle the money.
(d) She hides it in the house.

3. How does Jeannette feel as she looks around her comfortable apartment?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Angry.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Tired of everything.

4. Where does Rex work when the family lives in Battle Mountain?
(a) As a hospital orderly.
(b) In a mine.
(c) As a bartender.
(d) He does not have a job.

5. Why won't Rose Mary talk about her homelessness?
(a) She doesn't want her daughter to lecture her.
(b) It is genuinely not important to her.
(c) She is deeply ashamed.
(d) She is afraid of being put into a nursing home.

6. Why does the family leave for Arizona in the middle of the night?
(a) They have gotten into a feud with a neighboring family.
(b) Rose Mary lost her job and doesn't want anyone to know.
(c) The kids want to leave their school.
(d) They accidentally burned down their house.

7. After Lily Ruth Maureen is born, where does the family move?
(a) Battle Mountain.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Las Vegas.

8. What is Rex's educational background?
(a) He has never had any formal schooling.
(b) He is educated and has worked as an engineer.
(c) He did not graduate high school, but is very well-read.
(d) He has no education beyond grammar school.

9. Why does Rex say that the family must leave Las Vegas?
(a) The family is getting kicked out of their home.
(b) He says that a blackjack dealer has figured out his "system" and they could get in trouble.
(c) He wants to take them to stay with his mother-in-law.
(d) He says that the FBI is after them.

10. What are Jeannette's feelings towards her parents in light of her upbringing?
(a) She has a deep rage for them.
(b) She wants nothing to do with her parents.
(c) She feels fondness and is a bit confused by them.
(d) She is filled with regrets about their relationship.

11. What happens when Jeannette is released from the hospital?
(a) She is able to get up and walk outside so the doctor tells her she can go.
(b) Jeannette's mother cannot pay the bill, so the hospital lets her go.
(c) Her father takes her out against medical advice.
(d) The doctors realize that they cannot keep her from her family.

12. Which of the following does Rose Mary tell Jeannette about changing?
(a) That she cannot change because of her husband.
(b) That she would change if she wasn't so old.
(c) That she needs a lot of help if she is going to change.
(d) That she does not want to change.

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

14. What is the Walls' house in Arizona like?
(a) It is run-down and located in a bad neighborhood.
(b) It is a small home that they share with her mother's friends.
(c) It is an old Spanish-style villa with a pool.
(d) It is a mansion, but has not been well cared for.

15. When Rex is able to get to the family's money, what does he spend it on?
(a) Useless things for the house.
(b) Alcohol and gambling.
(c) Gifts for the kids.
(d) Gifts for his mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jeannette has how many siblings?

2. Jeannette's parents believe that children need:

3. What is Rose Mary doing when Jeannette first sees her at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Rose Mary want to discuss with her daughter in Part 1?

5. Who is the youngest child in the Walls family?

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