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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Rose Mary living at the time of the Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) In the same abandoned apartment building that she and Rex had been squatting in for years.
(b) In Lori's apartment.
(c) In a women's shelter.
(d) In her own apartment.

2. What does Jeannette expect her new grandparents to be like?
(a) Cruel, because that has been her experience.
(b) Warm, nurturing, and fun.
(c) She has no idea what having a grandparent would be like.
(d) Serious like her father.

3. What does Jeannette try to talk her mother into doing to make hers and the children's lives better?
(a) Getting her father into rehab for his drinking.
(b) Leaving her father.
(c) Moving back to Phoenix.
(d) Getting a better job.

4. Rex dies during Part 4 as a result of:
(a) Cancer.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Liver failure due to alcoholism.
(d) Suicide.

5. Why does Rex leave the job that has been arranged for him in Part 4?
(a) Rose Mary begs him to come back to the city.
(b) Lori tells him he should quit.
(c) Rex doesn't think the job pays enough for what he is doing.
(d) He realizes that he can't do the job well.

6. What does Jeannette want to do for a career by the time she is in 7th grade?
(a) Be a scientist.
(b) Be a teacher.
(c) Be a writer.
(d) Be a social worker.

7. Where does the Wall family move at the beginning of Part 3 of the book?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Texas.
(c) Welch, West Virginia.
(d) Los Angeles, California.

8. What happens that saves Jeannette from having to drop out of school because of financial problems?
(a) Her father comes up with the money for her tuition.
(b) She borrows money from her sister.
(c) Her mother sells her jewelry to help her.
(d) She gets a high-paying job.

9. How do Rose Mary and Rex react to the children's story about the incident between Erma and Brian?
(a) They pretend that they do not hear what the children are saying.
(b) They beat the children for lying.
(c) They side with Erma, saying the children should have behaved better.
(d) They are enraged at Erma.

10. What event throws Rex and Rose Mary into homelessness?
(a) Rex gets arrested, and they fall behind in the rent.
(b) The van that they are living in gets towed away.
(c) Their daughter asks them to leave her house.
(d) They are kicked out of the shelter for stealing.

11. What is Jeannette's occupation in New York in Part 4?
(a) Musician.
(b) Editor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Artist.

12. How does Jeannette help Dinitia's brother?
(a) She shares some of her lunch when he is hungry.
(b) She plays with him when his sister won't.
(c) She chases away a dog that is bothering him.
(d) She gives him her money to get a drink.

13. What do the children discover that their mother is doing while they have no food in the house?
(a) She is taking money to gamble, rather than buying food.
(b) She is hoarding candy bars and eating them by herself.
(c) She is stealing food to put in their lunches.
(d) She is using drugs.

14. In Part 3, Jeannette and Lori make big plans to do what?
(a) Go to New York City.
(b) Get jobs to help support the family.
(c) Visit their Grandma Smith.
(d) Steal their parent's money.

15. What does Rose Mary tell the kids when they complain about their living conditions?
(a) That they need to go out and get jobs to help the family.
(b) That they are very lucky that they have their siblings.
(c) That many people on their street have worse situations than theirs.
(d) That if they are unhappy they should leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeannette describe her and Lori's first apartment together in New York?

2. Where is Jeannette living at the time that her parents move to New York City?

3. What does Jeannette do with the stolen item from her job?

4. Why does Jeannette end up stealing from her place of employment?

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

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