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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Welch, Pages 183-241,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jeannette going when she first sees Rose Mary at the beginning of the book?
(a) She is walking down the street.
(b) She is in a cab, on the way to a party.
(c) She is in line at the pharmacy.
(d) She is working in her office.

2. What genre of book is "The Glass Castle"?
(a) Memoir.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Biography.
(d) Suspense.

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

4. Why does Jeannette become upset at the man that gives her and her father a ride home from a bar in Part 3?
(a) He refers to her father as "the town drunk."
(b) He offers her money for food.
(c) He tells her that she won't ever be anything.
(d) He makes an off-color comment to her.

5. Why does the family leave for Arizona in the middle of the night?
(a) The kids want to leave their school.
(b) Rose Mary lost her job and doesn't want anyone to know.
(c) They have gotten into a feud with a neighboring family.
(d) They accidentally burned down their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Welch children end up in special education classes?

2. Why does Rex lose so many jobs?

3. What does Jeannette try to talk her mother into doing to make hers and the children's lives better?

4. How do the Walls children get along socially at their new school in Part 3?

5. What is the glass castle?

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