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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) There is no more work, the company is closing.
(b) Because the government made his company fire him.
(c) Because it's time to quit and "look for gold."
(d) His boss does not like him.

2. Where did Jeannette's mother grow up?
(a) London.
(b) Arizona.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Michigan.

3. How does Jeannette feel as she looks around her comfortable apartment?
(a) Tired of everything.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Angry.

4. What is Rose Mary's philosophy on child-rearing?
(a) She will not let children out of her sight.
(b) She believes in very harsh discipline.
(c) She believes that children need freedom and no structure.
(d) She thinks that children should not be allowed to make decisions.

5. What causes the argument that ends in Rose Mary being dangled out of the window by her feet by Rex?
(a) Rose Mary caught Rex cheating on her.
(b) Rex's being absent from the house while he is "out making money."
(c) Rose Mary wants to move again.
(d) Rex is angry at the children and tells Rose Mary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Rose Mary try to keep Rex from spending the family's money?

3. Which of the following best describes Jeannette's childhood?

4. How does Rex react when Jeannette accidentally burns the shed down?

5. What is the glass castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event happened the day that Rose Mary and Rex met, that Rex says caused him to fall in love with her?

2. 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?

3. "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?

4. What gift does Jeannette ask her father for on her tenth birthday and how does he react?

5. Why does Jeannette ask the cab driver to go back to the apartment after she sees her mother from afar in Part 1?

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

7. What does Grandma Smith provide for Jeannette that she doesn't get at home?

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

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

10. What does the author feel towards her parents in light of the circumstances of her childhood?

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