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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. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying in the hospital?
(a) Because she is angry at her family, and doesn't want to go home.
(b) Because she gets lots of presents from her family.
(c) Because there are lots of children to be friends with.
(d) Because it is quiet and not chaotic.

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

3. What type of childhood does Jeannette say she had?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Unique.
(c) Typical.
(d) Sad.

4. Why does Rex tell his family that he has lost his job?
(a) Because it's time to quit and "look for gold."
(b) There is no more work, the company is closing.
(c) His boss does not like him.
(d) Because the government made his company fire him.

5. In Part 2, what does Jeannette ask her father for as a Christmas gift?
(a) For her father to take her and her siblings to California.
(b) For him to stop drinking.
(c) For a horse.
(d) To be able to go to school in the same place for one whole year.

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 does Brian do when some neighborhood kids break out a window in the house?

3. What ends up happening to the hole the children dig in the backyard in Part 3?

4. What is Rex's educational background?

5. Where does the Wall family move at the beginning of Part 3 of the book?

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