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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes care of baby Maureen while the family is moving?
(a) Brian.
(b) Lori and Jeannette.
(c) The Walls parents.
(d) Grandma Smith.

2. Where do Jeannette's parents live in Part 1 of the book?
(a) They are homeless.
(b) With friends in a housing project.
(c) In a nursing home.
(d) In a halfway house.

3. How does Rose Mary feel about her current living situation?
(a) She is angry that she cannot find a job.
(b) She is thinking about returning to her parent's home.
(c) She has been looking for a new place for a while and is very frustrated.
(d) She is all right with being homeless.

4. Where does Jeannette decide to meet Rose Mary in Part 1?
(a) At the author's apartment.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At a hotel.
(d) At a homeless shelter.

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

6. Where did Rex grow up?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Welch, West Virginia.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Biloxi, Mississippi.

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

8. What do the Walls parents teach the children?
(a) They do not teach them any kind of academics.
(b) They teach them to read and write, to do math, and practical skills.
(c) They do not teach them, but want them to do very well in school.
(d) They teach them art, but not how to do math or read.

9. How does Rose Mary try to keep Rex from spending the family's money?
(a) She lets the children handle the money.
(b) She spends it all before he can get at it.
(c) She hides it in the house.
(d) She takes it to a bank and does not tell him.

10. What is the Walls' house in Arizona like?
(a) It is a mansion, but has not been well cared for.
(b) It is a small home that they share with her mother's friends.
(c) It is run-down and located in a bad neighborhood.
(d) It is an old Spanish-style villa with a pool.

11. Rose Mary hopes to do what while they are living in Phoenix?
(a) Learn to cook.
(b) Open an art gallery.
(c) Get her children into a better school.
(d) Go back to college.

12. Why does Rose Mary dislike her teaching job?
(a) Because teaching requires organization and discipline.
(b) Teachers don't make enough money.
(c) Rose Mary dislikes being with other people's children.
(d) She always wanted to be college professor.

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

14. Who is the oldest child in the Walls family?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Jeannette.
(c) Lori.
(d) Brian.

15. Who helps Rose Mary write and organize her lesson plans?
(a) Rex.
(b) Brian.
(c) Lori.
(d) Another teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rex work when the family lives in Battle Mountain?

2. What are Jeannette's feelings towards her parents in light of her upbringing?

3. Why does Rex lose so many jobs?

4. When Rex is able to get to the family's money, what does he spend it on?

5. What is Rex's educational background?

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