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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Jeannette learn to swim?
(a) Her brother teaches her.
(b) She falls into the water and has to swim to shore on her own.
(c) She is able to take lessons at the local country club.
(d) Her father throws her into the water repeatedly until she swims.

3. Jeannette has how many siblings?
(a) Five brothers.
(b) Four sisters.
(c) No siblings.
(d) A brother and two sisters.

4. Why does Rex lose so many jobs?
(a) He is an alcoholic.
(b) He threatens the other employees.
(c) He has a physical disability.
(d) He does not have any skills.

5. What is Rose Mary doing when Jeannette first sees her at the beginning of the book?
(a) Her mother is arguing with a police officer.
(b) Her mother is grocery shopping.
(c) Her mother is digging through a dumpster.
(d) Her mother is injured, on the side of the road.

6. How does Jeannette get food to eat at school when she's hungry?
(a) She eats things from the trash.
(b) She steals money to buy a snack each day.
(c) Her friends share their lunches with her.
(d) She steals from other children's lunches.

7. 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) The kids want to leave their school.
(c) Rose Mary lost her job and doesn't want anyone to know.
(d) They accidentally burned down their house.

8. Where did Jeannette's mother grow up?
(a) London.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Michigan.

9. Where does Jeannette live in Part 1 of the book?
(a) In a bad neighborhood.
(b) In a large house in the suburbs.
(c) In an apartment on Park Avenue.
(d) In a homeless shelter.

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

11. According to Rose Mary, how should Jeannette explain her mother's situation to others?
(a) She should tell the truth.
(b) She should make up whatever makes her feel best.
(c) She should pretend that her mother is dead.
(d) She should tell them it is none of their business.

12. How does Jeannette contact Rose Mary to set up a meeting in Part 1?
(a) She leaves her a note at a hotel.
(b) She sends a letter.
(c) She calls a mutual friend.
(d) She calls her father and asks him to relay the message.

13. Which of the following descriptions might best describe Jeannette?
(a) Self-reliant, strong.
(b) Carefree, giddy.
(c) Angry, bitter.
(d) Indifferent, lazy.

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

15. What job did Rose Mary once hold?
(a) Prison Guard.
(b) Teacher.
(c) College Professor.
(d) Scientist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeannette do after she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?

2. What is Rose Mary's philosophy on child-rearing?

3. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying in the hospital?

4. What happens when the children are traveling in the back of the U-haul to Battle Mountain?

5. Why does Rex tell his family that he has lost his job?

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