Glass Castle Review Quiz

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

and Jeannette 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 Jeannette was “over it.”

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 Jeannette’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 helicopter ride.

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

Jeannette 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.

Two of Rex’s first few engineering projects he shares with his kids are the Glass Castle and

• the Dilapidator (to help repair the cars’ engine).

• the Prospector (to help find gold).

• the Instigator (to help Rose Mary find her motivation).

• the Detector (to help locate precious metals that could be sold).

Which type of tree was known for being “beaten down by the wind…(having) grown in the direction that

the wind pushed it…(now) in a permanent state of windblownness, leaning over so far that it seemed

ready to topple?”

• the Jerusalem Tree

• the Jacobian Tree

• the Joshua Tree

• the Jefferson Tree

Rex tells Jeannette about a time that he fought off Old Demon in hand to hand combat and Old Demon

was terrified because it was the first time

• it had met anyone who wasn’t afraid of it.

• it had met anyone who used excessive force to beat it.

• it had met anyone who wasn’t from around there.

• it had met anyone who used his car to run it over

After losing his job at the gypsum mine, Rex (and Rose Mary) are unable to afford Christmas. Rex gives

gives Jeannette stars and a planet. Which planet?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

A few months after Maureen was born, Blythe had become “a little too hot” for Rex and they decided it was

time to move again. Which was NOT one of the reasons Rose Mary gives for letting the kids ride in the

back of the U-Haul truck?

• Only she and Dad could fit in the front of the U-Haul.

• It would be fun, a real adventure.

• It would save them the money and trouble of having to take the Green Caboose too.

• . The kids would have to use all of their resources to entertain one another on the 14 hour drive.

Finish the quote: Mom didn’t like cooking much— “Why spend an afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour, when in the same amount of time, I can…”

• …do a painting that will last forever.”

• …write a song and play my piano.”

• …eat a chocolate bar and skip a messy kitchen.”

• “…take a nap and wake up feeling refreshed.”

Brian and Jeannette love to play at the dump and mix toxic and hazardous wastes to make scientific

experiments. After a potentially dangerous fire, Rex has to rescue Brian. How does he respond?

• He is furious. He scolds both kids and threatens them with punishment if they ever do it again.

• He is hysterical. He is crying and blaming himself for leaving the kids unattended and in danger.

• He is quiet. He watches the flames devour the shack and is grateful to have been there to help.

• He is laughing. He tries to show the kids a better way to have made bigger flames.