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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Welch, Pages 129-183,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the glass castle?
(a) The house that Rose Mary grew up.
(b) A home that Rex dreams of building for his family.
(c) A place that the kids go to play.
(d) The place that Jeannette escapes to in her dreams.

2. Who is the oldest child in the Walls family?
(a) Brian.
(b) Lori.
(c) Jeannette.
(d) Maureen.

3. How does the Walls' financial situation improve for a time in Pheonix?
(a) Jeannette finds an after-school job that pays well.
(b) They are getting money from mineral rights on the land in Texas.
(c) Rose Mary begins to sell more of her paintings.
(d) Rex stops drinking and works regularly.

4. Who is the youngest child in the Walls family?
(a) Charlene.
(b) Brian.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Jeannette.

5. What do the children discover that their mother is doing while they have no food in the house?
(a) She is taking money to gamble, rather than buying food.
(b) She is using drugs.
(c) She is stealing food to put in their lunches.
(d) She is hoarding candy bars and eating them by herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rose Mary doing when Jeannette first sees her at the beginning of the book?

2. Who takes care of baby Maureen while the family is moving?

3. Where does Jeannette live in Part 1 of the book?

4. What is the incident in the first section of Part 2 that serves as a metaphor for the neglect that the children suffer?

5. What do the children think of their new home in Arizona?

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