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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 that saves Jeannette from having to drop out of school because of financial problems?
(a) She gets a high-paying job.
(b) She borrows money from her sister.
(c) Her father comes up with the money for her tuition.
(d) Her mother sells her jewelry to help her.

2. How does Jeannette handle the family's finances while her mother is out of town?
(a) She hides all of the money and doles it out sparingly.
(b) She gives money to her father when he asks, even though she knows she shouldn't.
(c) She wastes some of it on things for herself and is ashamed, but buys food with the rest.
(d) She spends it all on food to last the entire month before her father can get to it.

3. Why does Jeannette refuse to invite her father to her graduation?
(a) Because of his drunken behavior.
(b) Because she is afraid that her brother and father won't get along there.
(c) Because she doesn't think that he will come.
(d) Because Rex doesn't know that she is in college.

4. How does Erma differ from Grandma Smith?
(a) Erma is very kind and shy, while Grandma Smith was standoffish.
(b) Erma is close her family, and Grandma Smith was distant.
(c) Erma is callous and rough, while Grandma Smith was very nurturing.
(d) Erma is very urban and streetwise, while Grandma Smith was very "country".

5. How does Jeannette help Lori get to New York City?
(a) She gets her a babysitting job and a bus ticket.
(b) She agrees to send Lori money to help her if she moves there.
(c) She helps her apply to college there.
(d) She agrees to stay and help the family if they will let Lori go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rex take Jeannette while her mother is gone in Part 3?

2. What ends up happening to the hole the children dig in the backyard in Part 3?

3. How does Jeannette help Dinitia's brother?

4. Where are Jeannette's parents living when they move to New York?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When Erma dies, how does the Walls family react? How is Rex's reaction different from the rest of the family?

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

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

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

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

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