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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeannette do after she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?
(a) Asks to be taken back home.
(b) Goes on to a party.
(c) Cries.
(d) Calls her friend to talk.

2. How does Rose Mary feel about her current living situation?
(a) She is angry that she cannot find a job.
(b) She is thinking about returning to her parent's home.
(c) She is all right with being homeless.
(d) She has been looking for a new place for a while and is very frustrated.

3. Why does the family leave for Arizona in the middle of the night?
(a) They accidentally burned down their house.
(b) Rose Mary lost her job and doesn't want anyone to know.
(c) The kids want to leave their school.
(d) They have gotten into a feud with a neighboring family.

4. Which of the following does Rose Mary tell Jeannette about changing?
(a) That she does not want to change.
(b) That she needs a lot of help if she is going to change.
(c) That she would change if she wasn't so old.
(d) That she cannot change because of her husband.

5. What is the incident in the first section of Part 2 that serves as a metaphor for the neglect that the children suffer?
(a) The baby is left on top of the car.
(b) Brian is left in an apartment alone when the family moves.
(c) Jeannette falls out of the car and her parents don't notice for a while.
(d) Lori runs away and the family doesn't realize that she is gone.

6. What causes the argument that ends in Rose Mary being dangled out of the window by her feet by Rex?
(a) Rose Mary wants to move again.
(b) Rose Mary caught Rex cheating on her.
(c) Rex is angry at the children and tells Rose Mary.
(d) Rex's being absent from the house while he is "out making money."

7. What job did Rose Mary once hold?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Prison Guard.
(c) College Professor.
(d) Teacher.

8. Where did Jeannette grow up?
(a) Overseas, where her father was in the Air Force.
(b) In Canada.
(c) In the deep South.
(d) She moved frequently.

9. Where is Jeannette going when she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?
(a) She is walking down the street.
(b) She is in a cab, on the way to a party.
(c) She is working in her office.
(d) She is in line at the pharmacy.

10. What are Jeannette's parents' feelings regarding society's rules?
(a) They are very responsible, but don't like it.
(b) They refuse to conform to them.
(c) They want to fit in with everyone.
(d) They think rules are very important.

11. How does Jeannette contact Rose Mary to set up a meeting in Part 1?
(a) She calls her father and asks him to relay the message.
(b) She calls a mutual friend.
(c) She leaves her a note at a hotel.
(d) She sends a letter.

12. Where did Rex grow up?
(a) Welch, West Virginia.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Biloxi, Mississippi.

13. According to Rose Mary, how should Jeannette explain her mother's situation to others?
(a) She should tell the truth.
(b) She should make up whatever makes her feel best.
(c) She should tell them it is none of their business.
(d) She should pretend that her mother is dead.

14. What do the children think of their new home in Arizona?
(a) They feel as if they are living in a mansion.
(b) They think the house is old and creepy.
(c) They hate the house as it's not very large.
(d) They wish that they still lived in Battle Mountain.

15. Where did Jeannette's mother grow up?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Michigan.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeannette end up hurting herself in Part 2?

2. Why does Rex tell his family that he has lost his job?

3. Who is the oldest child in the Walls family?

4. What is the Green Lantern?

5. Jeannette's parents believe that children need:

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