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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 become upset at the man that gives her and her father a ride home from a bar in Part 3?
(a) He makes an off-color comment to her.
(b) He refers to her father as "the town drunk."
(c) He tells her that she won't ever be anything.
(d) He offers her money for food.

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

3. What happens when the Walls children begin school in Phoenix?
(a) They are put into advanced classes.
(b) They are very popular right away.
(c) They decide not to return after the first week.
(d) They are all put into special education classes.

4. Why won't Rose Mary talk about her homelessness?
(a) She is afraid of being put into a nursing home.
(b) She doesn't want her daughter to lecture her.
(c) It is genuinely not important to her.
(d) She is deeply ashamed.

5. What is the Green Lantern?
(a) The secret place where the children go to play.
(b) A spot in the woods where Jeannette and Brian play.
(c) A brothel that the children frequently walk by.
(d) A bar where the parents often go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of activities does Rex do with his children?

2. Where did Jeannette grow up?

3. Why do the other children look down on the Walls children?

4. What kind of work does Rex do while they are in Arizona?

5. What is Jeannette's manner of telling her story in Part 1?

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