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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Brian doing as he enters adolescence?
(a) He is getting into trouble and frequently involved in fights.
(b) He has left home and the family has not heard from him.
(c) Doing better in school and planning for graduation.
(d) He stays in his room alone all of the time but does well in school.

2. The Walls' parents refuse to accept help from their children. Why?
(a) They view homelessness as an 'adventure'.
(b) They want to get out of the situation on their own.
(c) They feel guilty about not providing for their children.
(d) They believe that they are going to be rich soon.

3. Why does Jeannette end up stealing from her place of employment?
(a) To get even, when her boss accuses her of being a thief.
(b) Because she feels she deserves to have something nice.
(c) To give a gift to her mother.
(d) In order to buy food.

4. Since the Walls family cannot find a house they can afford to rent, what do they do instead?
(a) Build a house from found materials.
(b) Move in with friends.
(c) Buy a house.
(d) Live in an abandoned house.

5. How does Jeannette help Dinitia's brother?
(a) She plays with him when his sister won't.
(b) She shares some of her lunch when he is hungry.
(c) She gives him her money to get a drink.
(d) She chases away a dog that is bothering him.

6. What does Jeannette tell her parents about the social worker visiting the house?
(a) That she told the social worker to go away.
(b) That she hopes that the social workers take her to a new home.
(c) That she told the social worker the truth about what is going on in the home.
(d) That they need to do something to help keep the family together.

7. Where are Jeannette's parents living when they move to New York?
(a) In a hostel.
(b) In their own home.
(c) With Lori in her apartment.
(d) As squatters in an abandoned building.

8. What do the children discover that their mother is doing while they have no food in the house?
(a) She is stealing food to put in their lunches.
(b) She is hoarding candy bars and eating them by herself.
(c) She is using drugs.
(d) She is taking money to gamble, rather than buying food.

9. What event leads to Rex's becoming (temporarily) sober in Part 4?
(a) His daughter begs him to get sober before her wedding.
(b) Rose Mary threatens to leave him if he doesn't stop drinking.
(c) He gets ill and is hospitalized for a time.
(d) His doctor tells him he'll die if he doesn't get sober.

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

11. Who is Ginnie Sue?
(a) A prostitute who lives in the Walls neighborhood, and whose daughter Jeannette is friends with.
(b) Jeannette's imaginary friend.
(c) Lori's only friend, who stands up for her with the other kids.
(d) A woman who Rex is having an affair with.

12. For what purpose do Jeannette and Brian start digging a large hole in the backyard?
(a) They want to have a place to go and hide by themselves to talk.
(b) They hide all of their prized possessions in it.
(c) They decide to make a pet cemetery for their dogs and cats.
(d) They want to help Rex build the foundation for the glass castle.

13. Where do Rex and Rose Mary live when they eventually move to New York?
(a) In Lori's apartment.
(b) In a boardinghouse and then a flophouse.
(c) In a homeless shelter.
(d) With Jeannette and her boyfriend.

14. What is Brian's occupation in Part 4?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Miner.
(d) Police officer.

15. What is the high school guidance counselor's advice for Jeannette?
(a) To get married and not worry about school.
(b) To keep her aspirations low, considering her background.
(c) To graduate high school and find a college to go to in West Virginia.
(d) To find a vocational school to go to, and live at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Thanksgiving guests remember Rex?

2. Where does Rex take Jeannette while her mother is gone in Part 3?

3. What does Jeannette expect her new grandparents to be like?

4. Why does Rex leave the job that has been arranged for him in Part 4?

5. After Jeannette gets a divorce, what type of life does she choose to live?

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