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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 when Jeannette goes swimming in a public pool?
(a) The other children mock her for living in a "trash heap" and chase her out of the pool.
(b) She nearly drowns after getting into a fight with another girl.
(c) She finally finds something that she can enjoy doing during the summer.
(d) A neighborhood girl befriends her.

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

3. How do Grandpa and Uncle Stanley react to Erma?
(a) They yell at her a lot.
(b) They don't stand up to her.
(c) They are embarrassed by her.
(d) They are abusive towards her.

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

5. What does Rex tell Jeannette when he takes her to the bus station in Part 3?
(a) That once she leaves, she is no longer welcome in the home.
(b) That he knows that she will be a huge success.
(c) That she is making a huge mistake and will not be able to get along without her family.
(d) That she is always welcome to change her mind and come back home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brian do after graduating from high school?

2. For what purpose do Jeannette and Brian start digging a large hole in the backyard?

3. What happens to the money that Jeannette is supposed to use to feed the family in Part 3?

4. What is Jeannette's occupation in New York in Part 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Brian, Maureen, and Jeannette's ways of coping with their home life differ? What does each of them do?

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

3. How does Rex, despite all of his problems, show his devotion to Jeannette during her college years?

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

5. Why does the owner of the paper that Jeannette works for talk her out of taking a job at his newspaper?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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