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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rex leave home and disappear for several days following the death of his mother?
(a) He gets upset at his family for not respecting his mother's funeral.
(b) He is embarrassed that he has lost another job.
(c) He goes to stay with another woman.
(d) He gets into a big fight with Rose Mary about money.

2. Where does the Wall family move at the beginning of Part 3 of the book?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Texas.
(d) Welch, West Virginia.

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

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

5. What does Brian's mother do with what Jeanette and Brian find while foraging in the woods?
(a) She sells it to a neighbor for less than it is worth.
(b) She gives it as a gift to a friend.
(c) She keeps it because it "raises her spirits".
(d) She loses it before she can sell it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Rex and Rose Mary live when they eventually move to New York?

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

3. In 7th grade, Jeannette finds a sense of belonging by:

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

5. Who brings Rose Mary to Thanksgiving dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jeannette enjoy swimming with Dinitia more than going to the pool during the other swim sessions when the rest of the white children in Welch swim?

2. What potentially dangerous situation does Rex put Jeannette in while her mother is out of town for training?

3. What happens when Jeannette makes an attempt to fix up her family's ramshackle home in West Virginia?

4. What changes does Jeannette make in her life after her father dies?

5. What is Rex's mother, Erma, like, and how does she differ from Grandma Smith?

6. Why do Rex and Rose Mary follow their children to New York City to live?

7. Recount some of the events that demonstrate Maureen's difficulty in adapting to life as an adult.

8. What events help form Jeannette's desire to be a professional writer?

9. Rex is largely absent from the family after they move to Welch. What has he been doing during this time?

10. Why is Jeannette so interested in going to Ginnie Sue's house? What is her visit like?

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