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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rex tell his family that he has lost his job?
(a) His boss does not like him.
(b) Because the government made his company fire him.
(c) Because it's time to quit and "look for gold."
(d) There is no more work, the company is closing.

2. What is Jeannette's mother doing when Jeannette hurt herself in Part 2?
(a) She is helping Jeannette.
(b) She is asleep in the living room.
(c) She is in the other room, painting.
(d) She is not in the house.

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

4. How does the Walls' financial situation improve for a time in Pheonix?
(a) They are getting money from mineral rights on the land in Texas.
(b) Rose Mary begins to sell more of her paintings.
(c) Jeannette finds an after-school job that pays well.
(d) Rex stops drinking and works regularly.

5. What is the Hot Pot?
(a) The name of the place that the kids build a fort.
(b) A hot spring where the family goes to swim.
(c) A special hiding place in the basement.
(d) A local bar that Rex frequents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Rose Mary tell Jeannette about changing?

2. What happens when the Walls children begin school in Phoenix?

3. What do the children think of their new home in Arizona?

4. What does Jeannette feel when she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?

5. Where is Jeannette going when she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Lori and Jeannette help take responsibility for the new baby, Maureen, on the trip to their new home in Part 2?

2. The author tells her story in a very straightforward manner. What does her style of writing say about her personality?

3. What are some of the unorthodox ways that the Walls parents get money and items for the house?

4. What are Rex's feelings about how the family finances should be handled? How does he manage money?

5. Rose Mary and Jeannette have very different views of the world. Why does Rose Mary tell Jeannette that her values are "all confused"?

6. What is Rex's reaction to Rose Mary's plan to travel to West Virginia and what happens when the family gets ready to go?

7. How does Jeannette's adult life differ from her mother's?

8. What incident precipitates the family's leaving Battle Mountain for Phoenix?

9. Why does Rex dislike staying with Rose Mary's mother (Grandma Smith)?

10. What does the glass castle represent, not only to Rex, but to the rest of the family as well?

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