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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. What does Jeannette want to do for a career by the time she is in 7th grade?
(a) Be a writer.
(b) Be a scientist.
(c) Be a teacher.
(d) Be a social worker.

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

3. What incident gets Maureen sentenced to one year in the hospital?
(a) She sets fire to her boyfriend's home.
(b) She stabs her mother during an argument.
(c) She robs a convenience store while on drugs.
(d) She threatens her brother and sisters.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the children's sleeping arrangement in their new home in Part 3?

2. What is Brian doing as he enters adolescence?

3. How does Jeannette handle the family's finances while her mother is out of town?

4. How do the Thanksgiving guests remember Rex?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Walls parents fail to protect their children from Erma?

3. What are some examples of how the Walls parents fail to provide for their children's needs during this first year in Welch?

4. How does the condition of the Walls family home worsen during the spring in Welch?

5. What are some of the reasons that the children do not like going to school in Welch?

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

7. How does Rose Mary view her and Rex's living situation in New York? How do the other members of the family see things differently?

8. What plans do Lori and Jeannette begin to make for themselves at the end of Part 3?

9. What is Jeannette's reaction when a social worker comes to visit the home, and what does she tell her parents about it?

10. What happens to the family's money when Jeannette is put in charge of managing it while her mother is gone?

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