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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, The Desert, Pages 62-125,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, how old is Jeannette when she gets injured?
(a) Six years old.
(b) Three years old.
(c) A few days old.
(d) Ten years old.

2. What else does Rose Mary tell Jeannette in their meeting that she should do?
(a) Move away to another place.
(b) Help her parents to change.
(c) Move on and have her own life.
(d) Accept her parents as they are.

3. What is Rex's educational background?
(a) He has no education beyond grammar school.
(b) He is educated and has worked as an engineer.
(c) He has never had any formal schooling.
(d) He did not graduate high school, but is very well-read.

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

5. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying with Grandma Smith?
(a) She indulges the children's every whim.
(b) She treats Rex with great respect.
(c) She provides a sense of stability and makes hot meals.
(d) She is very funny and easy-going and loves to play.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rex has no money to buy Christmas presents for the children, what does he give them?

2. What is the Walls' house in Arizona like?

3. What genre of book is "The Glass Castle"?

4. How does Rex react when Jeannette accidentally burns the shed down?

5. What is the Green Lantern?

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