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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event precipitates the argument in which Erma ends up hitting Lori?
(a) Erma tells Lori that her father is "just a bum."
(b) Lori catches Erma attempting to molest Brian.
(c) Brian becomes upset at Erma because she doesn't pay attention to him.
(d) Erma believes Jeannette stole her money.

2. What does Jeannette's mother reluctantly do to help keep the family together in Part 3?
(a) She decides to move the family to Texas.
(b) She makes plans to leave Rex.
(c) She gets a job as a teacher.
(d) She gets the children into a good private school.

3. When Jeannette is sent out to get her father in Welch, where does she finally find him?
(a) At his mother's house.
(b) Passed out on the side of the road.
(c) At the Green Lantern.
(d) At a bar.

4. Who brings Rose Mary to Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) Grandpa Walls.
(b) Brian.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Lori.

5. Why do the Welch children end up in special education classes?
(a) Their mother tells the school that the children can't read.
(b) The children tell the principal that they want to be in slower classes.
(c) The teacher talks to them and decides that they aren't smart.
(d) They can't understand the principal and don't answer his questions correctly.

6. What does Jeannette want to do for a career by the time she is in 7th grade?
(a) Be a writer.
(b) Be a scientist.
(c) Be a teacher.
(d) Be a social worker.

7. How does Lori get burned at the house in Welch?
(a) She is cooking for her younger brothers.
(b) One of the children from school starts a fire in her yard.
(c) She is playing with matches and catches her dress on fire.
(d) She is lighting a fire and the kerosene explodes on her.

8. What happens to the money that Jeannette is supposed to use to feed the family in Part 3?
(a) Her brother and sisters take it before she can buy groceries.
(b) It only lasts a few weeks.
(c) The kids are able to make it last until their mother returns.
(d) She wastes it all on things for the house.

9. Why does Jeannette refuse to invite her father to her graduation?
(a) Because of his drunken behavior.
(b) Because Rex doesn't know that she is in college.
(c) Because she is afraid that her brother and father won't get along there.
(d) Because she doesn't think that he will come.

10. The owner of the paper that Jeannette works for encourages her to do what?
(a) Go back to her parents.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Take time off after high school to decide what she wants to do.
(d) Take a job at the paper.

11. What does Rex tell Jeannette when he takes her to the bus station in Part 3?
(a) That she is always welcome to change her mind and come back home.
(b) That he knows that she will be a huge success.
(c) That she is making a huge mistake and will not be able to get along without her family.
(d) That once she leaves, she is no longer welcome in the home.

12. What is Erma's reaction when the children tell their parents about the incident between her and Brian?
(a) She kicks the entire family out of the house.
(b) She breaks down and confesses to doing wrong.
(c) She says it is the truth but there is nothing wrong with what she did.
(d) She says everyone but Brian can stay with her.

13. Where are Jeannette's parents living when they move to New York?
(a) As squatters in an abandoned building.
(b) In their own home.
(c) In a hostel.
(d) With Lori in her apartment.

14. What does Jeannette try to talk her mother into doing to make hers and the children's lives better?
(a) Leaving her father.
(b) Getting her father into rehab for his drinking.
(c) Getting a better job.
(d) Moving back to Phoenix.

15. What incident gets Maureen sentenced to one year in the hospital?
(a) She robs a convenience store while on drugs.
(b) She threatens her brother and sisters.
(c) She stabs her mother during an argument.
(d) She sets fire to her boyfriend's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brian's occupation in Part 4?

2. How does Erma differ from Grandma Smith?

3. What does Jeannette expect her new grandparents to be like?

4. Where do Rex and Rose Mary live when they eventually move to New York?

5. Who is Dinitia?

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