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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. What are Jeannette's feelings towards her parents in light of her upbringing?
2. What do the Walls parents teach the children?
3. Rex and Rose Mary make some money for the family by:
4. How long does Jeannette stay in the hospital?
5. What does Jeannette do after she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is life like for the Walls children when they first move to Phoenix?
2. What does Grandma Smith provide for Jeannette that she doesn't get at home?
3. What does the author feel towards her parents in light of the circumstances of her childhood?
4. "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?
5. How does Jeannette's adult life differ from her mother's?
6. What feelings does Jeannette have when she first sees her mother from afar in Part 1?
7. How was Jeannette's childhood atypical?
8. How does Rex teach Jeannette to swim, and how is it representative of his philosophy of parenting in general?
9. Rose Mary and Jeannette have very different views of the world. Why does Rose Mary tell Jeannette that her values are "all confused"?
10. Why does Rex take the children over the safety fence to touch a cheetah at the zoo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Money is not important to Rose Mary and Rex Walls, which is demonstrated throughout the book. Although it may sometimes appear that the couple's actions are somewhat amoral or selfish, they are actually living according to their own set of moral values that do not agree with those of society. What are the values of Rose Mary and Rex and how do they demonstrate them to both their children and the world? What is it that really matters to Rex and Rose Mary?
Essay Topic 2
Jeannette's relationship with her mother is conflicted, yet she still feels a fondness and compassion for her as an adult. Discuss the relationship between these two women by answering the following questions:
1) How would you characterize the relationship between the two?
2) How does each of these women play both an adult and a child's role?
3) How does the relationship between them change over time?
Essay Topic 3
Life is hard for the Walls family wherever they go. However, in different places it is hard in different ways. Compare their lives in Phoenix, Battle Mountain, and Welch, answering each of the following questions about each location:
1) What are the family's basic living conditions like?
2) What is Rose Mary's emotional condition like and how does it affect the rest of the family?
3) Discuss Rex's emotional condition as well.
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