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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Smarsh say was the "first residence" for anyone?
2. What happened in Chapter 6 when Dorothy tracked Aaron down to ask for child support?
3. Which of the following artists did Jeannie often listen to after her divorce?
4. What car did Nick sometimes drive Smarsh and her brother to school in?
5. What did Smarsh say there was a good chance August would live in, hypothetically?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were some of the government assistance programs Smarsh and her brother benefitted from as children?
2. What was one reason Bob found it fairly easy to get full custody of his and Betty's son in Part IV?
3. In Part III, what is Smarsh's stepmother Chris like?
4. What does it mean to Smarsh when Arnie tells her in Part III that she is smart?
5. What does Smarsh learn from her father Nick regarding houses?
6. What does Smarsh say is a big differences between the poor and the middle-and-upper-class families who make mistakes?
7. How does Smarsh win an essay contest in fifth grade in Part III?
8. How did Jeannie's boyfriend, also named Bob, treat Smarsh?
9. In Part III, what does Smarsh's father do to her that she is very hurt by?
10. What habit does Smarsh pick up in Part III that she sometimes tells God she will try to stop?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Smarsh feel about the way the media generally portrays white, working class, and rural people like her family? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does Smarsh's decision to address much of the book to "August," the daughter she never birthed into poverty, affect the reader's experience of Smarsh's story? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 7, how does Smarsh say she knows she is finally no longer poor? What does her large new house represent to her? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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