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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rex lose so many jobs?
(a) He does not have any skills.
(b) He threatens the other employees.
(c) He is an alcoholic.
(d) He has a physical disability.

2. What happens to Jeannette when she first starts school in Blythe?
(a) She has a very hard time academically.
(b) She gets held back a grade.
(c) She hates school and hides out to avoid it.
(d) She is picked on because of her intelligence.

3. How does Jeannette feel as she looks around her comfortable apartment?
(a) Tired of everything.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Angry.

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

5. Where do Jeannette's parents live in Part 1 of the book?
(a) They are homeless.
(b) With friends in a housing project.
(c) In a halfway house.
(d) In a nursing home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jeannette get food to eat at school when she's hungry?

3. Why does the family leave for Arizona in the middle of the night?

4. Which of the following best describes Jeannette's childhood?

5. What are Jeannette's feelings towards her parents in light of her upbringing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rose Mary try to make the family's Christmas in Phoenix special, and what happens to ruin it for them all?

2. What does Grandma Smith provide for Jeannette that she doesn't get at home?

3. What is life like for the Walls children when they first move to Phoenix?

4. How was Jeannette's childhood atypical?

5. How is the accident when Jeannette gets burned symbolic of her childhood as a whole?

6. Why does Rex dislike staying with Rose Mary's mother (Grandma Smith)?

7. How does Rose Mary's philosophy of life make it difficult for her to hold a job?

8. What are some examples of the neglect that the children suffer during their time in both Battle Mountain and in Phoenix?

9. What is Rex's reaction to Rose Mary's plan to travel to West Virginia and what happens when the family gets ready to go?

10. What is Rose Mary's reply in Part 1 to Jeannette's asking her what she should tell others about her mother?

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