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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. Rex and Rose Mary make some money for the family by:
(a) Shoplifting food from stores and selling it.
(b) Scamming banks by making simultaneous withdrawals.
(c) Doing odd jobs for their neighbors.
(d) Dealing drugs.

2. Jeannette's parents believe that children need:
(a) Freedom and the chance to learn to fend for themselves.
(b) To be coddled, as they are unable to be responsible.
(c) Physical punishment and to learn respect for elders.
(d) Strict discipline.

3. How does Rose Mary try to keep Rex from spending the family's money?
(a) She hides it in the house.
(b) She takes it to a bank and does not tell him.
(c) She spends it all before he can get at it.
(d) She lets the children handle the money.

4. What incident gets the Walls family escorted out of the zoo by security?
(a) Rex tries to sneak all of the children in without paying admission.
(b) Jeannette steals ice cream for her siblings.
(c) Rex allows the children to get behind the bars to pet a cheetah.
(d) The children throw something at one of the lions.

5. What are Jeannette's parents' feelings regarding society's rules?
(a) They are very responsible, but don't like it.
(b) They refuse to conform to them.
(c) They think rules are very important.
(d) They want to fit in with everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Hot Pot?

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

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

4. When Rex is able to get to the family's money, what does he spend it on?

5. How does Jeannette learn to swim?

(see the answer key)

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