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

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

3. Where did Jeannette grow up?
(a) She moved frequently.
(b) In the deep South.
(c) In Canada.
(d) Overseas, where her father was in the Air Force.

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

5. Where does Jeannette live in Part 1 of the book?
(a) In a large house in the suburbs.
(b) In a bad neighborhood.
(c) In an apartment on Park Avenue.
(d) In a homeless shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Rose Mary write and organize her lesson plans?

2. What do the Walls parents teach the children?

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

4. How does Jeannette explain her accident to the doctors and nurses at the hospital?

5. How does Jeannette end up hurting herself in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rose Mary's reply in Part 1 to Jeannette's asking her what she should tell others about her mother?

2. What are some examples of the neglect that the children suffer during their time in both Battle Mountain and in Phoenix?

3. How is the accident when Jeannette gets burned symbolic of her childhood as a whole?

4. How do Jeannette's parents react to the death of the baby, Mary Charlene?

5. Why does the Walls family frequently pack up and move in the middle of the night?

6. How does Rose Mary try to make the family's Christmas in Phoenix special, and what happens to ruin it for them all?

7. 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?

8. How was Jeannette's childhood atypical?

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

10. "The Glass Castle" is the author's story of the unusual, and some would say tragic, circumstances of her childhood. What is the author's tone as she tells her story? How does this reflect who she is as a person?

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