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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. How does Rex react when Jeannette accidentally burns the shed down?
(a) He is not angry and turns it into a physics lesson.
(b) He does not realize that Jeannette is responsible.
(c) He beats Jeannette.
(d) He makes Jeannette and Brian rebuild the barn.

2. What does Brian do when some neighborhood kids break out a window in the house?
(a) He chases after them and throws rocks at them.
(b) He tells his father, who goes to talk to the other parents.
(c) He ignores them.
(d) He sits on the porch and cries.

3. What genre of book is "The Glass Castle"?
(a) Biography.
(b) Suspense.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Memoir.

4. Why does the family leave for Arizona in the middle of the night?
(a) The kids want to leave their school.
(b) Rose Mary lost her job and doesn't want anyone to know.
(c) They have gotten into a feud with a neighboring family.
(d) They accidentally burned down their house.

5. Since the Walls family cannot find a house they can afford to rent, what do they do instead?
(a) Build a house from found materials.
(b) Move in with friends.
(c) Live in an abandoned house.
(d) Buy a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the argument that ends in Rose Mary being dangled out of the window by her feet by Rex?

2. What is the Walls new house in Part 3 like?

3. How does Lori get burned at the house in Welch?

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 types of activities does Rex do with his children?

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