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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Rex say that the family must leave Las Vegas?
2. What does Rose Mary want to discuss with her daughter in Part 1?
3. Who is Billy Deel?
4. Where is Jeannette going when she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?
5. Why does the family often pick up and leave in the middle of the night?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Rex's feelings about how the family finances should be handled? How does he manage money?
2. What does the glass castle represent, not only to Rex, but to the rest of the family as well?
3. What does Grandma Smith provide for Jeannette that she doesn't get at home?
4. What feelings does Jeannette have when she first sees her mother from afar in Part 1?
5. What incident precipitates the family's leaving Battle Mountain for Phoenix?
6. What event happened the day that Rose Mary and Rex met, that Rex says caused him to fall in love with her?
7. The author tells her story in a very straightforward manner. What does her style of writing say about her personality?
8. What is life like for the Walls children when they first move to Phoenix?
9. How does Jeannette's adult life differ from her mother's?
10. Why does Jeannette ask the cab driver to go back to the apartment after she sees her mother from afar in Part 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author's views of what is important and what will bring her happiness change throughout the book. Discuss how her ideas of a good life evolve from childhood into adulthood. Consider:
1) What things does Jeannette hope for as a child?
2) What is her life like as an adult, and is she happy?
3) Do Jeannette's values change throughout her life, or is she essentially the same person?
4) What does Jeannette ultimately decide that she has been looking for, and where does she find it?
Essay Topic 2
Rex's alcoholism is a major theme in the memoir. Although he occasionally is able to stop drinking for a short time, inevitably he returns to it. What personality traits and aspects of his background seem to contribute to his tendency toward alcoholism?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the book, Rex has difficulty holding a job and fully realizing his responsibilities, yet he does love his children and expresses it as best he can. Describe the dysfunctional yet caring relationship between this father and his children. Discuss examples of both times he failed his children, as well as and in which he was able to 'come through' or express his love for them in a meaningful way.
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