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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeannette find out about her mother's finances in Part 4 that surprises her?
(a) That her mother had put aside money for all of the children when they were small.
(b) That her mother has been saving money to buy a house.
(c) That her mother's family was very rich when she was a child.
(d) That her mother owns land that is worth over a million dollars and hasn't sold it.

2. Where does Erma tell the children to go stay after the argument with Lori?
(a) In the shed.
(b) At the neighbor's house.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the backyard.

3. What is Erma's reaction when the children tell their parents about the incident between her and Brian?
(a) She says it is the truth but there is nothing wrong with what she did.
(b) She breaks down and confesses to doing wrong.
(c) She kicks the entire family out of the house.
(d) She says everyone but Brian can stay with her.

4. Where does Jeannette get a job in Part 3?
(a) A nursing home.
(b) A jewelry store.
(c) A supermarket.
(d) A cafeteria.

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

6. Why does Jeannette end up stealing from her place of employment?
(a) Because she feels she deserves to have something nice.
(b) To give a gift to her mother.
(c) In order to buy food.
(d) To get even, when her boss accuses her of being a thief.

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

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

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

10. What does Brian do after graduating from high school?
(a) He moves to New York City to be near his sisters.
(b) He stays in Welch and gets a menial job.
(c) He gets into trouble with the law.
(d) He enrolls in college.

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

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

13. What event precipitates the argument in which Erma ends up hitting Lori?
(a) Lori catches Erma attempting to molest Brian.
(b) Brian becomes upset at Erma because she doesn't pay attention to him.
(c) Erma tells Lori that her father is "just a bum."
(d) Erma believes Jeannette stole her money.

14. What ends up happening to the hole the children dig in the backyard in Part 3?
(a) It gets flooded and fills with mud during a heavy rain.
(b) It gets filled with the family's trash when it begins to overflow.
(c) Their father ends up filling it in with empty beer bottles.
(d) The kids use it as a hide out.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Jeannette and Lori first live in New York City?

3. What does Jeannette plan to do after high school?

4. Who is Dinitia?

5. Rex dies during Part 4 as a result of:

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