The Glass Castle Quizzes

The Glass Castle Quiz 1

1 Where does Jeannette see her mother at the beginning of the work?
At a family reunion

At a chinese restaurant

At a party

Rummaging through a dumpster
2 What doll does Jeannette accidentally burn?
G.I. Joe

Tinkerbell

Don Quixote

Barbie
3 What is Jeannette's first memory?
Playing with matches.

Eating chewing gum

Being set on fire.

Sleeping beneath the stars
4 Why does Maureen get arrested?
She stabs her mother

For Stealing clothing from the department store

She is caught drinking alcohol in public

For drug abuse
5 What are the names of Jeannette's three sisters?
Lori, Maureen, and Mary Charlene

Maureen, Lily, Ruth

Rose Mary, Dinitia, Clare

Briana, Lori, Maureen
6 What does Jeannette request for her tenth birthday?
A new bicycle.

A stand for her rock collection.

A barbie doll.

That her father stop drinking.
7 What two addictions does Rex Walls suffer from
Cigarettes and Reading

Excitement and Science

Gambling and Alcohol

Painkillers and Sugar
8 What does Rose Mary want to do for a living?
Teach

Be an Artist

Travel

Sell Real Estate
9 What does Rex take his children to the zoo to do?
Set fire to a security car

See the flamingos

Free the animals

Pet a Cheetah
10 What does Jeannette try for the first time in the hospital?
A Blow Dryer

Crossword Puzzles

Rice Pudding

Chewing Gum
11 How does Jeannette cover up the holes in her pants?
She patches them up with extra fabric

She staples the holes together

She wears two pairs of pants at once

She colors her skin in with marker
12 How Does Jeannette increase sales of the school newspaper?
She creates a buy one get one free promotion

She includes a birthday column

She adds a gossip column into the newspaper

She lowers the price
13 When does Jeannette move to New York
When Maureen is born

After she graduates from high school

When she is 3

After her junior year of high school
14 Why is Dinitia arrested?
She steals from the Pub

She stabs her mother's boyfriend to death

She lights her house on fire

She beats up Brian and Jeannette
15 What is Rex always promising to build for his family to live in?
A Glass Castle

A new car

A house on the riverside

A stucco mansion
16 What is Rex's nickname for Jeannette
Hillbilly

Little Darling

Jeannie

Mountain Goat
17 Jeannette attends ____ College.
New York

Baltimore

Barnard

Harvard
18 What happens to the money the Walls children save in Oz, the piggy bank?
Rex steals it.

The bill collectors repossess it

They use it to go to New York

Rose Mary spends it on art supplies.
19 What is the name of Jeannette's first husband.
John

Marc

Eric

Rex
20 Who is the Black girl Jeannettte befriends in Welch?
Taylor

LaTasha

Dinitia

Monique
21 Where does Jeannette learn to swim?
An integrated community pool

The Hot Pot

the ocean

the bathtub
22 What does Lori decide she wants to do as a career?
Join the Police force

Be a lawyer

Be an Artist

Teach
23 Which hero of Rex's visits Welch?
Elton John

Paul Newman

Chuck Yeager

Michael Jackson
24 What is the Green Lantern?
A flashlight

The name of one of the Walls' cars

A house of prostitution

A pet of Brian's
25 What type of restaurant does Lori work at in New York?
A German restaurant.

A Chinese restaurant

A burger joint

A seafood restaurant

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