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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 believe that they are going to be rich soon.
(b) They want to get out of the situation on their own.
(c) They feel guilty about not providing for their children.
(d) They view homelessness as an 'adventure'.

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

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

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

5. What happens to the money that Lori and Jeannette have been saving?
(a) They decide to give it to their parents.
(b) Their father breaks their piggy bank and steals it.
(c) They lend it to their brother, who does not pay them back.
(d) They spend it on a school trip.

6. 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 side with Erma, saying the children should have behaved better.
(c) They beat the children for lying.
(d) They are enraged at Erma.

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

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

9. Where does Maureen spend most of her time during her adolescence?
(a) In her bedroom, alone.
(b) Staying at her Grandpa's house.
(c) With her teachers.
(d) At friends' houses.

10. Where are Jeannette's parents living when they move to New York?
(a) With Lori in her apartment.
(b) As squatters in an abandoned building.
(c) In their own home.
(d) In a hostel.

11. What does Jeannette do with the stolen item from her job?
(a) She sells it.
(b) She tells her sister to do what she wants to with it.
(c) She gives it to her father.
(d) She returns it after just one day.

12. Since the Walls family cannot find a house they can afford to rent, what do they do instead?
(a) Build a house from found materials.
(b) Move in with friends.
(c) Buy a house.
(d) Live in an abandoned house.

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. What does Brian do when some neighborhood kids break out a window in the house?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He sits on the porch and cries.
(c) He chases after them and throws rocks at them.
(d) He tells his father, who goes to talk to the other parents.

15. How does Jeannette help Lori get to New York City?
(a) She helps her apply to college there.
(b) She agrees to send Lori money to help her if she moves there.
(c) She gets her a babysitting job and a bus ticket.
(d) She agrees to stay and help the family if they will let Lori go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event precipitates the argument in which Erma ends up hitting Lori?

2. Why does Jeannette confront her mother and say she is acting like a child?

3. Who is John?

4. What does Rose Mary tell the kids when they complain about their living conditions?

5. How do the Walls children get along socially at their new school in Part 3?

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