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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How does Rose Mary feel about her current living situation?
(a) She is thinking about returning to her parent's home.
(b) She is angry that she cannot find a job.
(c) She is all right with being homeless.
(d) She has been looking for a new place for a while and is very frustrated.

4. Where did Jeannette grow up?
(a) She moved frequently.
(b) In the deep South.
(c) Overseas, where her father was in the Air Force.
(d) In Canada.

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

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

7. Why does Rex say that the family must leave Las Vegas?
(a) He says that the FBI is after them.
(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 wants to take them to stay with his mother-in-law.

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

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

10. Who helps Rose Mary write and organize her lesson plans?
(a) Another teacher.
(b) Rex.
(c) Brian.
(d) Lori.

11. Why does Rex tell his family that he has lost his job?
(a) Because it's time to quit and "look for gold."
(b) Because the government made his company fire him.
(c) There is no more work, the company is closing.
(d) His boss does not like him.

12. How is Jeannette able to keep from going hungry at school after her father loses his job again?
(a) She steals her sister's food.
(b) A kind teacher makes sure that she has lunch every day.
(c) Jeannette takes things from home and trades the items for food.
(d) She brings in apples from a neighbor's tree.

13. In Part 2, what does Jeannette ask her father for as a Christmas gift?
(a) For a horse.
(b) For him to stop drinking.
(c) To be able to go to school in the same place for one whole year.
(d) For her father to take her and her siblings to California.

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

15. Who does Jeannette think that they are going to see and maybe even stay with in Arizona?
(a) Rex's parents.
(b) Neighbors from when Jeannette was small.
(c) Her mother's friends.
(d) Grandma Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeannette contact Rose Mary to set up a meeting in Part 1?

2. Where did Rex grow up?

3. What happens to greatly improve Lori's situation at school and home?

4. What kind of work does Rex do while they are in Arizona?

5. How does Jeannette get food to eat at school when she's hungry?

(see the answer keys)

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