Geraldine Moore the Poet

When Geraldine's mother first got sick and went away, Geraldine was on her own except for when.

• her sister Anita came in on weekends to be with her.
• her father came to visit her
• Miss Gladys came to clean and make dinner on Thursdays.
• Mrs. Watson came to make dinner.

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What did Geraldine realize when she saw the furniture and boxes outside her building?

• that her neighborhood was poor and dirty
• that Mrs. Watson was going to have to move
• that she and her sister had to leave the apartment
• that Miss Gladys was being put out on the street

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What was Geraldine thinking about during her geometry class?

• the fact that she never had time to do her geometry homework
• being able to move somewhere where she could have her own room
• what the others in her class thought about her being poor
• what she could write for her poem in English class

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Geraldine told Mrs. Scott that there was nothing lovely in her life because of all of the following EXCEPT

• she hadn't seen a flower since Mother's Day.
• the only things that came to her were the rain and the bills and the men to move out furniture.
• the sun didn't even shine on her side of the street.
• her father didn't even come to visit anymore.

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What was the main reason Geraldine had not done her English homework?

• She had planned to do it at lunchtime, but she forgot when she saw the furniture outside her apartment.
• She couldn't think of anything to write.
• She had hoped to stop at a library to get some ideas, but she never made it there.
• She had missed class and was not sure what the assignment was.

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