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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What incident gets Maureen sentenced to one year in the hospital?
(a) She sets fire to her boyfriend's home.
(b) She robs a convenience store while on drugs.
(c) She threatens her brother and sisters.
(d) She stabs her mother during an argument.

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

4. How does Jeannette finance her rent during her college years?
(a) She borrows money from her sister.
(b) She trades childcare for room and board.
(c) She lives in a hostel to save money.
(d) She pays for everything with student loans.

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

6. 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.

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

8. What event leads to Rex's becoming (temporarily) sober in Part 4?
(a) He gets ill and is hospitalized for a time.
(b) His doctor tells him he'll die if he doesn't get sober.
(c) Rose Mary threatens to leave him if he doesn't stop drinking.
(d) His daughter begs him to get sober before her wedding.

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

10. What does Jeannette do when she decides she needs braces for her teeth?
(a) She makes homemade braces out of rubber bands.
(b) She starts saving up money from her part time job.
(c) She tells her parents that she wants them for Christmas.
(d) She tries to get a job at a dentist's office so that she can get braces.

11. Why does Jeannette refuse to invite her father to her graduation?
(a) Because Rex doesn't know that she is in college.
(b) Because she is afraid that her brother and father won't get along there.
(c) Because of his drunken behavior.
(d) Because she doesn't think that he will come.

12. What is Brian's occupation in Part 4?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Miner.

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

14. Where is Jeannette finding food during the family's first winter in their new home in Welch?
(a) She steals from her teacher.
(b) She is taking food from a neighbor's garden.
(c) She trades homework answers for food from her classmates' lunches.
(d) In the trash can at school.

15. How do Jeannette's views of her parents' behavior change as she develops into a teenager?
(a) She understands more why they have done what they have done, and she agrees with them.
(b) She is becoming resentful towards them.
(c) She can no longer make excuses for their actions, as she did as a small child.
(d) She starts to make excuses and find ways to justify all of the things that they have done.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeannette help Lori get to New York City?

2. Who is John?

3. Who is Dinitia?

4. What is Erma's reaction when the children tell their parents about the incident between her and Brian?

5. How do Rose Mary and Rex react to the children's story about the incident between Erma and Brian?

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