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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Welch, Pages 129-183,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ends up happening to the hole the children dig in the backyard in Part 3?
(a) It gets flooded and fills with mud during a heavy rain.
(b) The kids use it as a hide out.
(c) Their father ends up filling it in with empty beer bottles.
(d) It gets filled with the family's trash when it begins to overflow.

2. What do the Walls parents teach the children?
(a) They do not teach them, but want them to do very well in school.
(b) They teach them to read and write, to do math, and practical skills.
(c) They teach them art, but not how to do math or read.
(d) They do not teach them any kind of academics.

3. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying in the hospital?
(a) Because she is angry at her family, and doesn't want to go home.
(b) Because it is quiet and not chaotic.
(c) Because there are lots of children to be friends with.
(d) Because she gets lots of presents from her family.

4. What is Jeannette's mother doing when Jeannette hurt herself in Part 2?
(a) She is asleep in the living room.
(b) She is in the other room, painting.
(c) She is not in the house.
(d) She is helping Jeannette.

5. Why do the other children look down on the Walls children?
(a) Because of their lack of clothing and food.
(b) Because their mother doesn't have a real job.
(c) Because they aren't from Welch.
(d) Because they are "teacher's pets."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeannette do after she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?

2. Where do Jeannette's parents live in Part 1 of the book?

3. What does Brian do when some neighborhood kids break out a window in the house?

4. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying with Grandma Smith?

5. What is the Green Lantern?

(see the answer key)

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