The Glass Castle: Part 1

While riding in a taxi on her way to a party, Jeanette sees her mother from a distance. Her mother looks up

and Jeanette admits that when their eyes meet she is

• relieved; she was worried about her mom since it had been several months since she’d seen her.

• panicked; she was afraid that her mom would see her and call out her name.

• mad; she was waiting on her mom to return a valuable piece of silver and she had not done so.

• indifferent; she and her mother hadn’t spoken in months and Jeanette was “over it.”

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When Jeanette returns to her apartment after seeing her mom, she looks around it and realizes

• that she is much better off without her parents

• that she has a great apartment and is happy with herself and her life choices.

• that she hates herself and all of her belongings.

• that she needs to invite Lori and Brian over for a visit.

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Jeanette takes her mother to lunch in an effort to offer to help her in a significant way. Rose Mary asks for

• the first month’s rent on a new apartment .

• a fur coat to help her survive the winter.

• a membership to an art museum.

• an electrolysis treatment.

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The scene opens and Jeanette is describing what she is wearing when she is cooking hot dogs. It’s a

• pair of trousers and a Tinkerbell shirt.

• nightgown; she was still in her pajamas at lunchtime.

• a pink dress with a tutu skirt bought by her grandmother.

• a dress she had designed and sown for herself.

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Which of the following things DOES NOT happen during Jeanette’s stay in the hospital for her burns?

• The nurses give her chewing gum for the first time.

• Rose Mary and Rex bring library books for Jeanette to read while she recovers.

• The nurses and doctors ask her questions about how she got burned or if someone hurt her.

• It was orderly and quiet and Jeanette realized she liked it.

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During her stay in the hospital, which of these things DOES NOT happen in the Walls family?

• Rex starts a fight with a doctor over an argument about Jeanette’s treatment.

• Rex gets a new job and decides to take the family out to a nice steak dinner.

• The family goes on a fun outing on a hot-air balloon ride.

• Brian falls off the back of the couch and cracks his head.

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In one of the earliest episodes of the family doing the “skedaddle,” the family prioritizes taking with them

• Rex’s scientific journals and notepads full of his drawings.

• nothing; they are running as fast as possible to get into the Blue Goose

• the Dutch oven, some army-surplus tin plates, Mom’s archery sets and paintings, and Quixote the cat.

• their family dog, Pony-Tail, Brian’s chemistry set, and some kitchen utensils from their camping kit.

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Which of the following groups or persons was NOT someone who Dad thought was after him?

• henchmen, bloodsuckers, and the gestapo

• executives from Standard Oil trying to steal Mom’s Texas land

• FBI agents who were after Dad for some dark episode he never told the kids

• the school’s guidance counselor for taking the kids out of school before the end of the year

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Jeanette described her family as being “sort of like the cactus,” because

• they ate irregularly, and when they did, they’d gorge themselves.

• they had deep roots that went beyond the surface.

• they were very adaptable to dry, desert-like conditions.

• they, too, had bright flowers, spiny stems, and rarely had leaves.

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Rex assured his kids that as long as he was around, they wouldn’t have to defend themselves, because

• “…anyone who as much as laid a finger…(would)…get their butts kicked so hard they could read

  Dad’s shoes size on their ass cheeks.”

• “…anyone who as much as laid a finger…(would)…get their windows knocked out of their houses

  and cars with a crow bar.”

• “…anyone who as much as laid a finger…(would)…get their front teeth knocked in, courtesy of

  a round-house kick to the face.”

• “…anyone who as much as laid a finger…(would)…get sicked by his side-kick Rose Mary, who would

  gauge their eyes out with her paintbrushes.”

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