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

Rummaging through a dumpster

At a family reunion

At a chinese restaurant
2 What doll does Jeannette accidentally burn?
Don Quixote

Tinkerbell

G.I. Joe

Barbie
3 What is Jeannette's first memory?
Eating chewing gum

Playing with matches.

Sleeping beneath the stars

Being set on fire.
4 Why does Maureen get arrested?
For drug abuse

She is caught drinking alcohol in public

For Stealing clothing from the department store

She stabs her mother
5 What are the names of Jeannette's three sisters?
Rose Mary, Dinitia, Clare

Briana, Lori, Maureen

Maureen, Lily, Ruth

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

A stand for her rock collection.

That her father stop drinking.

A barbie doll.
7 What two addictions does Rex Walls suffer from
Cigarettes and Reading

Painkillers and Sugar

Gambling and Alcohol

Excitement and Science
8 What does Rose Mary want to do for a living?
Be an Artist

Teach

Sell Real Estate

Travel
9 What does Rex take his children to the zoo to do?
Pet a Cheetah

Free the animals

Set fire to a security car

See the flamingos
10 What does Jeannette try for the first time in the hospital?
Crossword Puzzles

Chewing Gum

A Blow Dryer

Rice Pudding
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 adds a gossip column into the newspaper

She includes a birthday column

She lowers the price

She creates a buy one get one free promotion
13 When does Jeannette move to New York
When she is 3

After her junior year of high school

When Maureen is born

After she graduates from high school
14 Why is Dinitia arrested?
She lights her house on fire

She beats up Brian and Jeannette

She steals from the Pub

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

A Glass Castle

A house on the riverside

A new car
16 What is Rex's nickname for Jeannette
Hillbilly

Mountain Goat

Little Darling

Jeannie
17 Jeannette attends ____ College.
Barnard

New York

Baltimore

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

The bill collectors repossess 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.
Rex

John

Marc

Eric
20 Who is the Black girl Jeannettte befriends in Welch?
Dinitia

Monique

LaTasha

Taylor
21 Where does Jeannette learn to swim?
The Hot Pot

the ocean

the bathtub

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

Teach

Join the Police force

Be an Artist
23 Which hero of Rex's visits Welch?
Paul Newman

Michael Jackson

Chuck Yeager

Elton John
24 What is the Green Lantern?
A pet of Brian's

The name of one of the Walls' cars

A flashlight

A house of prostitution
25 What type of restaurant does Lori work at in New York?
A German restaurant.

A seafood restaurant

A burger joint

A Chinese restaurant

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