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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Rex take Jeannette while her mother is gone in Part 3?
(a) To a dance at her school.
(b) To buy a new dress for school.
(c) To a pool hall.
(d) To the opera.

3. What is the high school guidance counselor's advice for Jeannette?
(a) To keep her aspirations low, considering her background.
(b) To graduate high school and find a college to go to in West Virginia.
(c) To get married and not worry about school.
(d) To find a vocational school to go to, and live at home.

4. What incident helps cement Jeannette's conviction to leave Welch and her family?
(a) She catches her father with another woman.
(b) Her father punishes her after she tells her mother to stop acting like a child.
(c) She gets into a fight with another girl at school.
(d) Her sister runs away.

5. How does Jeannette's grandparents feel about her relationship with Dinitia?
(a) They're friends with Dinitia's parents and enjoy having her around.
(b) They are glad Jeannette has found a friend.
(c) They don't like it because Dinitia is black.
(d) They dislike Dinitia because they once had a a feud with her parents.

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

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

8. The owner of the paper that Jeannette works for encourages her to do what?
(a) Take a job at the paper.
(b) Take time off after high school to decide what she wants to do.
(c) Go to college.
(d) Go back to her parents.

9. What happens to the money that Jeannette is supposed to use to feed the family in Part 3?
(a) The kids are able to make it last until their mother returns.
(b) She wastes it all on things for the house.
(c) It only lasts a few weeks.
(d) Her brother and sisters take it before she can buy groceries.

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

11. What does Jeannette tell her parents about the social worker visiting the house?
(a) That she hopes that the social workers take her to a new home.
(b) That she told the social worker the truth about what is going on in the home.
(c) That she told the social worker to go away.
(d) That they need to do something to help keep the family together.

12. How does Rex put Jeannette in a potentially dangerous situation in Part 3?
(a) By giving her alcohol.
(b) By leaving her alone at home.
(c) By having her "entertain" a man who he is playing pool with.
(d) By letting her stay out all night.

13. After Jeannette gets a divorce, what type of life does she choose to live?
(a) She decides to devote her life to non-profit work.
(b) A life devoted to her parents.
(c) A simpler life.
(d) A life of luxury.

14. What is Brian doing as he enters adolescence?
(a) He is getting into trouble and frequently involved in fights.
(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 has left home and the family has not heard from him.

15. How did the Walls family heat their home during the winter?
(a) Rose Mary has the children gather wood to burn.
(b) They steal kerosene and coal from neighbors.
(c) There is no way to heat the house.
(d) They have space heaters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, Jeannette and Lori make big plans to do what?

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

3. What does Jeannette decide to do instead of following the guidance counselor's advice?

4. When Jeannette is sent out to get her father in Welch, where does she finally find him?

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

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