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

2. Where does Maureen spend most of her time during her adolescence?
(a) In her bedroom, alone.
(b) With her teachers.
(c) Staying at her Grandpa's house.
(d) At friends' houses.

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

4. What else does Rose Mary tell Jeannette in their meeting that she should do?
(a) Accept her parents as they are.
(b) Move away to another place.
(c) Help her parents to change.
(d) Move on and have her own life.

5. How is Jeannette able to keep from going hungry at school after her father loses his job again?
(a) She steals her sister's food.
(b) A kind teacher makes sure that she has lunch every day.
(c) She brings in apples from a neighbor's tree.
(d) Jeannette takes things from home and trades the items for food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when the children are traveling in the back of the U-haul to Battle Mountain?

3. What does Brian's mother do with what Jeanette and Brian find while foraging in the woods?

4. How does Rex react when Jeannette accidentally burns the shed down?

5. What do Jeannette and Brian find when they are foraging in the woods?

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