The Glass Castle Quizzes

The Glass Castle Quiz 1

1 Where does Jeannette see her mother at the beginning of the work?

At a party

At a family reunion

At a chinese restaurant

Rummaging through a dumpster
2 What doll does Jeannette accidentally burn?

Barbie

G.I. Joe

Don Quixote

Tinkerbell
3 What is Jeannette's first memory?

Being set on fire.

Sleeping beneath the stars

Playing with matches.

Eating chewing gum
4 Why does Maureen get arrested?

For drug abuse

She stabs her mother

For Stealing clothing from the department store

She is caught drinking alcohol in public
5 What are the names of Jeannette's three sisters?

Lori, Maureen, and Mary Charlene

Rose Mary, Dinitia, Clare

Maureen, Lily, Ruth

Briana, Lori, Maureen
6 What does Jeannette request for her tenth birthday?

A barbie doll.

A new bicycle.

A stand for her rock collection.

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

Painkillers and Sugar

Gambling and Alcohol

Excitement and Science

Cigarettes and Reading
8 What does Rose Mary want to do for a living?

Travel

Sell Real Estate

Be an Artist

Teach
9 What does Rex take his children to the zoo to do?

Set fire to a security car

Pet a Cheetah

See the flamingos

Free the animals
10 What does Jeannette try for the first time in the hospital?

Chewing Gum

A Blow Dryer

Crossword Puzzles

Rice Pudding
11 How does Jeannette cover up the holes in her pants?

She staples the holes together

She patches them up with extra fabric

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 lowers the price

She adds a gossip column into the newspaper

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 lights her house on fire

She steals from the Pub

She beats up Brian and Jeannette

She stabs her mother's boyfriend to death
15 What is Rex always promising to build for his family to live in?

A house on the riverside

A stucco mansion

A new car

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

Jeannie

Hillbilly

Little Darling

Mountain Goat
17 Jeannette attends ____ College.

New York

Barnard

Harvard

Baltimore
18 What happens to the money the Walls children save in Oz, the piggy bank?

Rex steals it.

They use it to go to New York

Rose Mary spends it on art supplies.

The bill collectors repossess it
19 What is the name of Jeannette's first husband.

John

Marc

Eric

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

LaTasha

Dinitia

Monique

Taylor
21 Where does Jeannette learn to swim?

the ocean

The Hot Pot

An integrated community pool

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

Join the Police force

Be an Artist

Be a lawyer

Teach
23 Which hero of Rex's visits Welch?

Chuck Yeager

Paul Newman

Elton John

Michael Jackson
24 What is the Green Lantern?

A house of prostitution

The name of one of the Walls' cars

A pet of Brian's

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

A German restaurant.

A burger joint

A Chinese restaurant

A seafood restaurant

what are the mental illnesses Janette's mother and father have?

Rex Walls is a hopeless alcoholic. He cannot keep a job. He claims he has grand plans but really just drinks.

Jeannette’s mother, Rose Mary Walls claims she is an artist and a sort of cultural rebel. She really is just rebelling against her own...

Asked by katheryn s #204409

Answered by Aslan on 10/6/2011 11:19 AM

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How did Jeannette live up to her fathers expectations?

Rex is proud of his daughter's perseverance and tenacity. He even comes through with her college money, when Jeannette never believed it could happen.

Asked by Jay M #696816

Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/15/2020 1:44 PM

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Make a list of the ways Rex and Rose Mary did the unexpected.

• I don't know if I would call it the unexpected, but leaving their children to fend for themselves is "unexpected" of parents.

• Removing Jeannette from the hospital before she is cleared for release.

• Refusing to get medical help for Brian...

Asked by Carl V #1362937

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/9/2025 11:11 AM

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