Glass Castle Reading Check 2

Maureen becomes estranged from her family after she stabs Rex for never being a "father figure."

• True

• False

Jeannette gets paddled with her father's belt after she refuses to give him money for beer and cigarettes.

• True

• False

Near the conclusion of her memoir, Jeannette describes a time when she refused to humor her father's request for alcohol. Even at the conclusion, Jeannette refused to accept her father for who he was.

• True

• False

At the end of the memoir, Maureen joins the family for Thanksgiving dinner.

• True

• False

.The kitchen at the house on Little Hobart Street

• Geode

• Loose-juice room

• The Woods

• Tumbleweed

.This woman teaches Jeannette that some mothers will make sacrifices to put food on the table for their children.

• Dinitia Hewitt

• Ginnie Sue Pastor

• Mrs. Sanders

• Miss Katona

.Jeannette's second husband, who encouraged her to tell her story.

• Eric

• John

• Ernie Goad

• Kenny Hall

.Because of this character's wealthy upbringing, Jeannette found it difficult to identify with him as a partner.

• Eric

• Quixote

• Ernie Goad

• Mike Armstrong

.This character encourages Jeannette to go to college, even though Jeannette doesn't feel it's necessary.

• Bob Fink

• Mike Armstrong

• Robbie

• Brian

.Although Jeannette struggles to make friends at school, her popularity increases when she

• begins showering at grandpa and Uncle Stanley's house.

• becomes a reporter for The Maroon Wave, where she covers the goings-on of Welch athletes and academics.

• is able to fix her teeth using her home made braces.

• proves to her class mates that she is tough by fighting off some of Welch's roughest kids.