"The Glass Castle" pages 80-100 Pop-Quiz

As the Walls family made their way east, how is the setting described in the Appalachian Mountains?

• The leaves had turned brown and a cold mist shrouded the hillsides.

• It was very flat and desolate, very much like the southwest.

• The trees were very tall and sparse, and oil rigs bobbed like giant birds.

• Spanish moss was hanging from tree branches and there were craggy mountains.

Upon arrival in Welch, who would not stop hugging and kissing Jeannette?

• Ted Walls (Jeannette’s grandfather)

• Ernie Goad (a kid in town)

• Erma Walls (Jeannette’s grandmother)

• Stanley Walls (Jeannette’s uncle)

What does Erma pull from her dress pocket that made Rex “look happy for the first time since…Phoenix?”

• a bottle of whiskey

• Rex’s original high school diploma

• the original sketches for the Glass Castle

• a pack of cigarettes and a lighter

What does Erma ask that the Walls kids NOT do in her house because “it gets on her nerves?”

• Read; she thinks they are too smart for their own good.

• Wear shoes; she likes to keep her house immaculate.

• Laugh; it makes too much noise.

• Watch television; she has her special shows she watches and doesn’t want to fight for the remote.

The Tug River in Welch is famous for what?

• It was one of the most narrow rivers in all of North America.

• It had the highest level of fecal bacteria of any river in North America.

• It was one of the earliest rivers robber-barons used to travel when settling North America.

• It had been a river on which many famous Americans had traveled.

Rose Mary enrolls Brain and Jeannette at Welch Elementary. What question does the principal ask the kids?

• “How miny plenets are thee?”

• “Wuts tha naym of yer diddy?”

• “Wuts et tam sebm?”

• “Wuts tha capitel uf wist vergeenya?”

In her fifth grade class, Jeannette turns around to see the “tall black girl with the almond eyes” doing what?

• holding up a paper clip she used to stab Jeannette in the head

• holding up a pair of scissors and a swatch of Jeannette’s ponytail

• holding up a sharp pencil she’d jabbed into Jeannette’s back

• holding up her middle finger telling Jeannette to back off

What was the name of the girl who lead the bullying and playground fights against Jeannette?

• Deborah Hawken

• Denea Hines

• Dinitia Hewitt

• Denise Holder

Why did Jeannette first tell Erma off?

• She felt like Erma wasn’t being very hospitable.

• Erma was a racist who used inflammatory language.

• She was sick and tired of Erma’s lard sandwiches.

• She was frustrated by Erma’s drinking and influence on Rex.

Why does Rose Mary believe Erma is filled with such vitriol and anger?

• She could never let go of her own misery.

• She could never get over losing Rex to Rose Mary.

• She was constantly furious with Ted for not helping more around the house.

• She knew Stanley was a low-life loser of a son.