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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 do Rex and Rose Mary leave the children with their grandparents?
(a) Because Rex has a new moneymaking scheme in Texas.
(b) To go on a second honeymoon.
(c) To return to Phoenix to pick up their belongings.
(d) They want the kids to spend 'quality time' with Erma.

2. Why does the family often pick up and leave in the middle of the night?
(a) Rose Mary wants the children to travel all of the time.
(b) The weather makes the baby sick.
(c) Rex is a convict and the family must not be discovered.
(d) Rex is convinced that government agents or police are after the family.

3. How did the Walls family heat their home during the winter?
(a) There is no way to heat the house.
(b) They steal kerosene and coal from neighbors.
(c) Rose Mary has the children gather wood to burn.
(d) They have space heaters.

4. How does Erma differ from Grandma Smith?
(a) Erma is close her family, and Grandma Smith was distant.
(b) Erma is very kind and shy, while Grandma Smith was standoffish.
(c) Erma is very urban and streetwise, while Grandma Smith was very "country".
(d) Erma is callous and rough, while Grandma Smith was very nurturing.

5. What is the Walls new house in Part 3 like?
(a) It is very small, but clean and modern.
(b) It is a mobile home.
(c) It is a very run-down one bedroom with no indoor plumbing.
(d) It is an old-fashioned house with lots of room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Rose Mary once hold?

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

3. Which of these attributes does Jeannette NOT portray in her style of storytelling?

4. Why does Rex lose so many jobs?

5. What do the children think of their new home in Arizona?

(see the answer key)

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