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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Walls' parents refuse to accept help from their children. Why?
(a) They view homelessness as an 'adventure'.
(b) They feel guilty about not providing for their children.
(c) They want to get out of the situation on their own.
(d) They believe that they are going to be rich soon.

2. Where do the children go to shower after there is no longer any bathroom in their house?
(a) To their friends' houses.
(b) To the swimming pool.
(c) To their Grandpa's apartment.
(d) To a public restroom at a gas station.

3. What ends up happening to the hole the children dig in the backyard in Part 3?
(a) The kids use it as a hide out.
(b) It gets flooded and fills with mud during a heavy rain.
(c) Their father ends up filling it in with empty beer bottles.
(d) It gets filled with the family's trash when it begins to overflow.

4. Why do Rex and Rose Mary leave the children with their grandparents?
(a) To go on a second honeymoon.
(b) To return to Phoenix to pick up their belongings.
(c) Because Rex has a new moneymaking scheme in Texas.
(d) They want the kids to spend 'quality time' with Erma.

5. What does Rex tell Jeannette when he takes her to the bus station in Part 3?
(a) That she is making a huge mistake and will not be able to get along without her family.
(b) That once she leaves, she is no longer welcome in the home.
(c) That she is always welcome to change her mind and come back home.
(d) That he knows that she will be a huge success.

6. What does Jeannette do about her schooling when she moves to New York?
(a) She attends a public school and works for a small publication.
(b) She decides to drop out of school for a while and go back when she can save up money.
(c) She drops out of high school.
(d) She goes to school part-time and works full-time.

7. What does Brian's mother do with what Jeanette and Brian find while foraging in the woods?
(a) She gives it as a gift to a friend.
(b) She loses it before she can sell it.
(c) She sells it to a neighbor for less than it is worth.
(d) She keeps it because it "raises her spirits".

8. Where is Jeannette living at the time that her parents move to New York City?
(a) In her own home.
(b) With her boyfriend in a Park Avenue apartment.
(c) With her sisters.
(d) In a small apartment in the Bronx.

9. What is Brian doing as he enters adolescence?
(a) Doing better in school and planning for graduation.
(b) He stays in his room alone all of the time but does well in school.
(c) He has left home and the family has not heard from him.
(d) He is getting into trouble and frequently involved in fights.

10. Why does Jeannette become upset at the man that gives her and her father a ride home from a bar in Part 3?
(a) He refers to her father as "the town drunk."
(b) He offers her money for food.
(c) He makes an off-color comment to her.
(d) He tells her that she won't ever be anything.

11. How does Jeannette describe her and Lori's first apartment together in New York?
(a) It is run-down and they are miserable.
(b) It's out in the middle of nowhere.
(c) It is bigger than their entire house in Welch.
(d) It is very luxurious.

12. How does Lori get burned at the house in Welch?
(a) She is cooking for her younger brothers.
(b) She is lighting a fire and the kerosene explodes on her.
(c) One of the children from school starts a fire in her yard.
(d) She is playing with matches and catches her dress on fire.

13. What does Jeannette find out about her mother's finances in Part 4 that surprises her?
(a) That her mother owns land that is worth over a million dollars and hasn't sold it.
(b) That her mother's family was very rich when she was a child.
(c) That her mother had put aside money for all of the children when they were small.
(d) That her mother has been saving money to buy a house.

14. What is the Walls new house in Part 3 like?
(a) It is a mobile home.
(b) It is a very run-down one bedroom with no indoor plumbing.
(c) It is an old-fashioned house with lots of room.
(d) It is very small, but clean and modern.

15. What does Jeannette decide to do instead of following the guidance counselor's advice?
(a) To stay at home, but drop out of school.
(b) To apply to top-notch schools.
(c) To wait for graduation and then move back to Phoenix.
(d) To move to New York City immediately, even before graduating high school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event leads to Rex's becoming (temporarily) sober in Part 4?

2. Where does Rex take Jeannette while her mother is gone in Part 3?

3. Where is Rose Mary living at the time of the Thanksgiving dinner?

4. What does Brian do after graduating from high school?

5. What happens to the money that Jeannette is supposed to use to feed the family in Part 3?

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