The Glass Castle Quizzes

The Glass Castle Quiz 1

1 Where does Jeannette see her mother at the beginning of the work?
Rummaging through a dumpster

At a party

At a chinese restaurant

At a family reunion
2 What doll does Jeannette accidentally burn?
G.I. Joe

Tinkerbell

Don Quixote

Barbie
3 What is Jeannette's first memory?
Being set on fire.

Playing with matches.

Eating chewing gum

Sleeping beneath the stars
4 Why does Maureen get arrested?
She is caught drinking alcohol in public

For drug abuse

For Stealing clothing from the department store

She stabs her mother
5 What are the names of Jeannette's three sisters?
Briana, Lori, Maureen

Rose Mary, Dinitia, Clare

Maureen, Lily, Ruth

Lori, Maureen, and Mary Charlene
6 What does Jeannette request for her tenth birthday?
A barbie doll.

That her father stop drinking.

A stand for her rock collection.

A new bicycle.
7 What two addictions does Rex Walls suffer from
Cigarettes and Reading

Gambling and Alcohol

Excitement and Science

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

Travel

Sell Real Estate

Be an Artist
9 What does Rex take his children to the zoo to do?
Free the animals

Set fire to a security car

Pet a Cheetah

See the flamingos
10 What does Jeannette try for the first time in the hospital?
Chewing Gum

Rice Pudding

Crossword Puzzles

A Blow Dryer
11 How does Jeannette cover up the holes in her pants?
She patches them up with extra fabric

She staples the holes together

She colors her skin in with marker

She wears two pairs of pants at once
12 How Does Jeannette increase sales of the school newspaper?
She adds a gossip column into the newspaper

She creates a buy one get one free promotion

She lowers the price

She includes a birthday column
13 When does Jeannette move to New York
After her junior year of high school

When Maureen is born

When she is 3

After she graduates from high school
14 Why is Dinitia arrested?
She stabs her mother's boyfriend to death

She steals from the Pub

She beats up Brian and Jeannette

She lights her house on fire
15 What is Rex always promising to build for his family to live in?
A new car

A house on the riverside

A stucco mansion

A Glass Castle
16 What is Rex's nickname for Jeannette
Hillbilly

Little Darling

Mountain Goat

Jeannie
17 Jeannette attends ____ College.
Harvard

New York

Barnard

Baltimore
18 What happens to the money the Walls children save in Oz, the piggy bank?
The bill collectors repossess it

Rex steals it.

Rose Mary spends it on art supplies.

They use it to go to New York
19 What is the name of Jeannette's first husband.
John

Marc

Eric

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

LaTasha

Taylor

Dinitia
21 Where does Jeannette learn to swim?
the ocean

the bathtub

The Hot Pot

An integrated community pool
22 What does Lori decide she wants to do as a career?
Teach

Be an Artist

Join the Police force

Be a lawyer
23 Which hero of Rex's visits Welch?
Elton John

Chuck Yeager

Paul Newman

Michael Jackson
24 What is the Green Lantern?
The name of one of the Walls' cars

A house of prostitution

A pet of Brian's

A flashlight
25 What type of restaurant does Lori work at in New York?
A Chinese restaurant

A seafood restaurant

A burger joint

A German restaurant.

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