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Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle | Quiz

Jeannette Walls
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1)

How does Jeannette learn to swim? (from Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,)

She falls into the water and has to swim to shore on her own.
She is able to take lessons at the local country club.
Her brother teaches her.
Her father throws her into the water repeatedly until she swims.
2)

What does Jeannette find out about her mother's finances in Part 4 that surprises her? (from Part Four, New York City, and Part Five, Thanksgiving,)

That her mother had put aside money for all of the children when they were small.
That her mother owns land that is worth over a million dollars and hasn't sold it.
That her mother's family was very rich when she was a child.
That her mother has been saving money to buy a house.
3)

How does Rose Mary try to keep Rex from spending the family's money? (from Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,)

She hides it in the house.
She spends it all before he can get at it.
She takes it to a bank and does not tell him.
She lets the children handle the money.
4)

What causes the argument that ends in Rose Mary being dangled out of the window by her feet by Rex? (from Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,)

Rex is angry at the children and tells Rose Mary.
Rose Mary caught Rex cheating on her.
Rose Mary wants to move again.
Rex's being absent from the house while he is "out making money."
5)

How does the Walls' financial situation improve for a time in Pheonix? (from Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,)

Rex stops drinking and works regularly.
Rose Mary begins to sell more of her paintings.
They are getting money from mineral rights on the land in Texas.
Jeannette finds an after-school job that pays well.
6)

How does Jeannette help Dinitia's brother? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 129-183,)

She gives him her money to get a drink.
She chases away a dog that is bothering him.
She shares some of her lunch when he is hungry.
She plays with him when his sister won't.
7)

What is Jeannette's occupation in New York in Part 4? (from Part Four, New York City, and Part Five, Thanksgiving,)

Teacher.
Musician.
Artist.
Editor.
8)

After Jeannette gets a divorce, what type of life does she choose to live? (from Part Four, New York City, and Part Five, Thanksgiving,)

A life of luxury.
She decides to devote her life to non-profit work.
A simpler life.
A life devoted to her parents.
9)

How do the Walls children get along socially at their new school in Part 3? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 129-183,)

The other kids ignore them.
The other kids all want to be friends with them because they're new.
The other children are jealous of them.
The other children make fun of them and they get into fights.
10)

When Rex is able to get to the family's money, what does he spend it on? (from Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,)

Gifts for his mistress.
Gifts for the kids.
Alcohol and gambling.
Useless things for the house.
11)

How does Rex put Jeannette in a potentially dangerous situation in Part 3? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 183-241,)

By giving her alcohol.
By leaving her alone at home.
By letting her stay out all night.
By having her "entertain" a man who he is playing pool with.
12)

Since the Walls family cannot find a house they can afford to rent, what do they do instead? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 129-183,)

Buy a house.
Move in with friends.
Live in an abandoned house.
Build a house from found materials.
13)

Rose Mary hopes to do what while they are living in Phoenix? (from Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,)

Learn to cook.
Open an art gallery.
Go back to college.
Get her children into a better school.
14)

Where does Jeannette attend college? (from Part Four, New York City, and Part Five, Thanksgiving,)

Columbia University.
Boston College.
Princeton.
Harvard.
15)

Why does Rose Mary dislike her teaching job? (from Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,)

Rose Mary dislikes being with other people's children.
Teachers don't make enough money.
She always wanted to be college professor.
Because teaching requires organization and discipline.
16)

Where does Maureen spend most of her time during her adolescence? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 183-241,)

At friends' houses.
In her bedroom, alone.
Staying at her Grandpa's house.
With her teachers.
17)

The owner of the paper that Jeannette works for encourages her to do what? (from Part Four, New York City, and Part Five, Thanksgiving,)

Go to college.
Go back to her parents.
Take a job at the paper.
Take time off after high school to decide what she wants to do.
18)

When Jeannette is sent out to get her father in Welch, where does she finally find him? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 129-183,)

Passed out on the side of the road.
At his mother's house.
At a bar.
At the Green Lantern.
19)

What happens that saves Jeannette from having to drop out of school because of financial problems? (from Part Four, New York City, and Part Five, Thanksgiving,)

She gets a high-paying job.
Her father comes up with the money for her tuition.
She borrows money from her sister.
Her mother sells her jewelry to help her.
20)

Rex dies during Part 4 as a result of: (from Part Four, New York City, and Part Five, Thanksgiving,)

Liver failure due to alcoholism.
A heart attack.
Cancer.
Suicide.
21)

Why do the Welch children end up in special education classes? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 129-183,)

The children tell the principal that they want to be in slower classes.
Their mother tells the school that the children can't read.
The teacher talks to them and decides that they aren't smart.
They can't understand the principal and don't answer his questions correctly.
22)

What does Jeannette try to talk her mother into doing to make hers and the children's lives better? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 183-241,)

Leaving her father.
Getting a better job.
Moving back to Phoenix.
Getting her father into rehab for his drinking.
23)

How do Rose Mary and Rex react to the children's story about the incident between Erma and Brian? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 129-183,)

They pretend that they do not hear what the children are saying.
They are enraged at Erma.
They side with Erma, saying the children should have behaved better.
They beat the children for lying.
24)

What is Brian doing as he enters adolescence? (from Part Three, Welch, Pages 183-241,)

He has left home and the family has not heard from him.
Doing better in school and planning for graduation.
He is getting into trouble and frequently involved in fights.
He stays in his room alone all of the time but does well in school.
25)

The family often lacks basic necessities, which is underscored by an incident in which Jeannette finds her sister, Lori, eating what? (from Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,)

A stick of margarine with some sugar.
Food that she found out in the yard.
Dirt.
Apples from the neighbor's tree.
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