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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeannette feel when she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?
(a) Envy.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Shame.

2. What happens when Jeannette is released from the hospital?
(a) The doctors realize that they cannot keep her from her family.
(b) Jeannette's mother cannot pay the bill, so the hospital lets her go.
(c) She is able to get up and walk outside so the doctor tells her she can go.
(d) Her father takes her out against medical advice.

3. How does Jeannette explain her accident to the doctors and nurses at the hospital?
(a) She says that she is allowed to cook alone, because she is very mature.
(b) She says that her sister distracted her and that is why she got hurt.
(c) She tells them that her mother injured her on purpose.
(d) She says that she is not allowed to cook, but did it anyway.

4. What are Jeannette's feelings towards her parents in light of her upbringing?
(a) She has a deep rage for them.
(b) She feels fondness and is a bit confused by them.
(c) She wants nothing to do with her parents.
(d) She is filled with regrets about their relationship.

5. Who takes care of baby Maureen while the family is moving?
(a) The Walls parents.
(b) Brian.
(c) Grandma Smith.
(d) Lori and Jeannette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of childhood does Jeannette say she had?

2. What kind of work does Rex do while they are in Arizona?

3. What is Jeannette's mother doing when Jeannette hurt herself in Part 2?

4. Who is the youngest child in the Walls family?

5. What happens to greatly improve Lori's situation at school and home?

(see the answer key)

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