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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. Where do Jeannette and Lori first live in New York City?
(a) In a house that they purchase with their savings.
(b) In a flophouse.
(c) With friends.
(d) In a hostel.

2. What does Jeannette do about her schooling when she moves to New York?
(a) She goes to school part-time and works full-time.
(b) She drops out of high school.
(c) She attends a public school and works for a small publication.
(d) She decides to drop out of school for a while and go back when she can save up money.

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

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

5. Who is John?
(a) Brian's best friend.
(b) Rex's brother.
(c) Jeannette's second husband.
(d) Jeannette's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Erma tell the children to go stay after the argument with Lori?

2. What is the condition of the Wells' house like when spring comes in Part 3?

3. Why does Rex get upset about Maureen moving in with Lori?

4. How did the Walls family heat their home during the winter?

5. How does Rex put Jeannette in a potentially dangerous situation in Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident leads Jeannette to finally making a friend in West Virginia?

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

3. What has the author found with her second husband that she did not have with her first?

4. Describe Rex and Rose Mary's living arrangements and lifestyle in New York.

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Rose Mary quit her job, and what is Jeannette's reaction?

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