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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 happens to the money that Lori and Jeannette have been saving?
(a) They lend it to their brother, who does not pay them back.
(b) They spend it on a school trip.
(c) They decide to give it to their parents.
(d) Their father breaks their piggy bank and steals it.

2. Why do the Welch children end up in special education classes?
(a) Their mother tells the school that the children can't read.
(b) They can't understand the principal and don't answer his questions correctly.
(c) The children tell the principal that they want to be in slower classes.
(d) The teacher talks to them and decides that they aren't smart.

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

4. Where are Jeannette's parents living when they move to New York?
(a) As squatters in an abandoned building.
(b) With Lori in her apartment.
(c) In a hostel.
(d) In their own home.

5. What does Brian do when some neighborhood kids break out a window in the house?
(a) He sits on the porch and cries.
(b) He tells his father, who goes to talk to the other parents.
(c) He chases after them and throws rocks at them.
(d) He ignores them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jeannette tell her parents about the social worker visiting the house?

3. What happens that saves Jeannette from having to drop out of school because of financial problems?

4. The owner of the paper that Jeannette works for encourages her to do what?

5. What does Jeannette want to do for a career by the time she is in 7th grade?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the incident between the children and Erma, what does Jeannette begin to wonder about her father?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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