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

2. How do Jeannette's views of her parents' behavior change as she develops into a teenager?
(a) She understands more why they have done what they have done, and she agrees with them.
(b) She starts to make excuses and find ways to justify all of the things that they have done.
(c) She can no longer make excuses for their actions, as she did as a small child.
(d) She is becoming resentful towards them.

3. What does Jeannette expect her new grandparents to be like?
(a) Cruel, because that has been her experience.
(b) She has no idea what having a grandparent would be like.
(c) Serious like her father.
(d) Warm, nurturing, and fun.

4. What are Jeannette's feelings towards her parents in light of her upbringing?
(a) She feels fondness and is a bit confused by them.
(b) She has a deep rage for them.
(c) She wants nothing to do with her parents.
(d) She is filled with regrets about their relationship.

5. After Lily Ruth Maureen is born, where does the family move?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Battle Mountain.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) West Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rose Mary tell the kids when they complain about their living conditions?

3. What is the glass castle?

4. Who is the youngest child in the Walls family?

5. Who takes care of baby Maureen while the family is moving?

(see the answer key)

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