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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Welch, Pages 183-241,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jeannette meet Rose Mary at this location in Part 1?
(a) Because she doesn't want to be seen with her mother.
(b) She doesn't want her mother to see where she lives.
(c) Because her mother likes it there.
(d) Her mother will only meet her in public.

2. How does the Walls' financial situation improve for a time in Pheonix?
(a) They are getting money from mineral rights on the land in Texas.
(b) Jeannette finds an after-school job that pays well.
(c) Rose Mary begins to sell more of her paintings.
(d) Rex stops drinking and works regularly.

3. Where does Jeannette live in Part 1 of the book?
(a) In an apartment on Park Avenue.
(b) In a homeless shelter.
(c) In a large house in the suburbs.
(d) In a bad neighborhood.

4. What incident helps cement Jeannette's conviction to leave Welch and her family?
(a) Her father punishes her after she tells her mother to stop acting like a child.
(b) She gets into a fight with another girl at school.
(c) She catches her father with another woman.
(d) Her sister runs away.

5. What types of activities does Rex do with his children?
(a) He likes to play board games and cards with them.
(b) He likes to paint and do ceramics with them.
(c) He never does anything with them.
(d) He tells them stories at night and plays outside with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose Mary tell the kids when they complain about their living conditions?

2. Why won't Rose Mary talk about her homelessness?

3. What incident gets the Walls family escorted out of the zoo by security?

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

5. Rex and Rose Mary make some money for the family by:

(see the answer key)

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