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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Welch, Pages 183-241,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jeannette explain her accident to the doctors and nurses at the hospital?
(a) She tells them that her mother injured her on purpose.
(b) She says that she is not allowed to cook, but did it anyway.
(c) She says that she is allowed to cook alone, because she is very mature.
(d) She says that her sister distracted her and that is why she got hurt.

2. Where do the children go to shower after there is no longer any bathroom in their house?
(a) To the swimming pool.
(b) To their Grandpa's apartment.
(c) To their friends' houses.
(d) To a public restroom at a gas station.

3. Which of the following descriptions might best describe Jeannette?
(a) Indifferent, lazy.
(b) Carefree, giddy.
(c) Angry, bitter.
(d) Self-reliant, strong.

4. How does Jeannette learn to swim?
(a) Her brother teaches her.
(b) She falls into the water and has to swim to shore on her own.
(c) Her father throws her into the water repeatedly until she swims.
(d) She is able to take lessons at the local country club.

5. What does Jeannette do with the stolen item from her job?
(a) She tells her sister to do what she wants to with it.
(b) She gives it to her father.
(c) She returns it after just one day.
(d) She sells it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brian doing as he enters adolescence?

2. Why does Jeannette begin to refuse to go to her uncle's house?

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

4. What causes the argument that ends in Rose Mary being dangled out of the window by her feet by Rex?

5. Why does Rose Mary dislike her teaching job?

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