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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. Who takes care of baby Maureen while the family is moving?
(a) Lori and Jeannette.
(b) Brian.
(c) Grandma Smith.
(d) The Walls parents.

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

3. What ends up happening to the hole the children dig in the backyard in Part 3?
(a) Their father ends up filling it in with empty beer bottles.
(b) The kids use it as a hide out.
(c) It gets filled with the family's trash when it begins to overflow.
(d) It gets flooded and fills with mud during a heavy rain.

4. Rose Mary hopes to do what while they are living in Phoenix?
(a) Go back to college.
(b) Get her children into a better school.
(c) Open an art gallery.
(d) Learn to cook.

5. 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 a horse.
(c) For her father to take her and her siblings to California.
(d) For him to stop drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Jeannette's feelings towards her parents in light of her upbringing?

2. Why does Jeannette enjoy staying in the hospital?

3. Why does Jeannette meet Rose Mary at this location in Part 1?

4. Who is Ginnie Sue?

5. How does Jeannette explain her accident to the doctors and nurses at the hospital?

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