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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the other children look down on the Walls children?
(a) Because they aren't from Welch.
(b) Because of their lack of clothing and food.
(c) Because their mother doesn't have a real job.
(d) Because they are "teacher's pets."

2. Why does Jeannette begin to refuse to go to her uncle's house?
(a) Because her uncle tried to molest her.
(b) Because she is afraid to leave her siblings at home.
(c) Because she is mad at her grandfather, who also lives there.
(d) Because she wants to help her mother instead.

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

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

5. What is the children's sleeping arrangement in their new home in Part 3?
(a) They all sleep in one big bed.
(b) They sleep in one room and make beds out of ropes because there is no furniture.
(c) The children decide that they will all sleep together in the shed.
(d) They finally have their own rooms.

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

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 pretend that they do not hear what the children are saying.
(c) They side with Erma, saying the children should have behaved better.
(d) They are enraged at Erma.

8. What does Jeannette plan to do after high school?
(a) Go straight to college.
(b) Travel the world.
(c) Move back to Welch to be near her parents.
(d) Take a job with the publication she interns for.

9. Why do Jeannette's parents express concern over her living arrangement in New York?
(a) They don't like her roommate.
(b) They believe living in luxury will spoil her.
(c) They think that her apartment is too small.
(d) They are concerned for her safety.

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

11. What does Jeannette's mother reluctantly do to help keep the family together in Part 3?
(a) She decides to move the family to Texas.
(b) She gets the children into a good private school.
(c) She gets a job as a teacher.
(d) She makes plans to leave Rex.

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

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

14. How do the Thanksgiving guests remember Rex?
(a) With indifference.
(b) As a man who caused more trouble than he was worth.
(c) With great resentment.
(d) As an important force in their lives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Walls' parents refuse to accept help from their children. Why?

2. Where does Jeannette attend college?

3. Why does Jeannette become upset at the man that gives her and her father a ride home from a bar in Part 3?

4. How does Lori get burned at the house in Welch?

5. What incident helps cement Jeannette's conviction to leave Welch and her family?

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