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WorksheetsThe Glass Castle Unit Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
After catching on fire and escaping the hospital “Rex-Walls-style,” what issue did Jeannette develop as result of never being taught about how dangerous fire is?
Jeannette developed PTSD and cried every time she needed to cook for herself.
Jeannette became malnourished because she was too afraid to make food for herself and her parents never did.
She became fascinated with fire and played with it whenever she could.
She became a pyromaniac and tried to catch Brian’s hair on fire.
How did Rex and Rose Mary Walls view institutions in society such as hospitals?
The institutions reminded them of their lost dreams to be successful, financially stable, working citizens.
They were grateful for the help these institutions provided and appreciated the doctors’ work on Jeannette.
They respected the institutions because they knew their daughter Maureen wanted to be a doctor.
They thought they were corrupt and avoided them at all costs.
What is the Prospector?
An invention Rex is working on to separate gold from rocks
An invention Rex is working on to dig for diamonds in the desert
A nickname buddies at local bars call Rex for being the master of scamming people
An elaborate plan Rex created to construct the Glass Castle without any manual labor
What did Rex get his kids for Christmas in Battle Mountain?
Hand-me-down shoes
Their own star/planet
Bicycles
Homemade “demon hunting” walking sticks
Why did Rex chase a very pregnant Rose Mary with the family car?
Rose Mary told Rex that she had been pregnant for 14 months and when he didn’t believe her, she got angry and ran.
Rex found out the baby was not his.
The kids were acting out in the backseat, which drove Rose Mary crazy, and she jumped out of the car.
After fighting about money, Rose Mary told Rex she was leaving him; so he chased her down because he wasn’t taking no for an answer.
Jeannette and Lori called _____ a “pervert” and attacked him/her to protect Brian. The actions of this character made Jeannette and Lori wonder if the character abused Rex as well.
Stanley
Ted
Miss Bivens
_______ forced Rose Mary to get her teaching license in case her art career failed which put a strain on their relationship most of Rose Mary’s life.
Erma
Rex
Grandma Smith
Grandpa Ted
Miss _____ encouraged Rex to enter his work in a writing contest and convinced him to get his diploma after he tried to drop out of high school.
Katona
Bivens
Goad
Hewitt
Jeannette and Brian outsmart _____ and his/her relentless gang by building a catapult and using a mattress to pelt rocks at them from their window and knock the gang off their bikes.
Billy Deel
Dinitia Hewitt
Ginny Sue Pastor
____ tells Jeannette that the texture of her scar is interesting and that the scar itself represents that Jeannette is stronger than whatever it was that tried to hurt her.
Eric
David
Erma
John
_____ fights to protect Jeannette in Welch when Dinitia Hewitt and her gang bully and beat up Jeannette.
Rex
Erma
Rose Mary
_____ took Jeannette to the public pool in Welch during the non-socially acceptable hours according to the segregation of the town.
Rose Mary
Dinitia
Rex
Stanley
_____ “got into a fight with a mountain” and asked Jeannette to stitch up their arm one night.
Robbie
Brian
Rex
Billy
_____ sobbed after getting glasses in Phoenix and realizing what they have been missing out on seeing. Getting glasses helped this character see the world in a whole new way.
Jeannette
Lori
Maureen
Rose Mary
Miss ______, who is a Welch High employee, disapproves of Jeannette’s plan to leave Welch to attend college in NYC. This character’s questioning inspires Jeannette to leave earlier and finish high school in NYC.
Bivens
Pastor
Paige
_____ gave Jeannette a comfortable life, but one that she never quite fit into. The death of her father helped Jeannette have a revelation about her future with this character.
John
Rex
Eric
David
_____, Jeannette's pet cat, was thrown out of the vehicle when it seemingly wasn't on board with the “life is an adventure” mindset that the Walls lived by.
Quixote
Tinkle
Juju
Fluffy
_____ yelled at the children for eating margarine in the fridge because supposedly, the margarine was being saved to make bread. Jeannette secretly thought that the character might be saving it for him/herself.
Erma
Rex
Rose Mary
Grandma Smith
_____ took Jeannette to their house to show her their drunk father and make fun of him. This character also compared their dad to Rex which made Jeannette furious as she cannot see her dad’s flaws.
Ernie Goad
Dinitia Hewitt
Robbie
Billy Deel
_____ kept having recurring nightmares of scary men in Halloween masks in Phoenix and of Rufus the rat trying to eat him/her. When Jeannette called this character silly and flicked on the light, sure enough, the rat was on his/her bed.
Lori
Brian
Rose Mary
What does Rex do to try to get Jeannette to stay in Welch and not move to New York?
He brings out the blueprints for the Glass Castle and tries to reconfigure her room size to get her to stay.
He threatens to follow her there.
He offers to pay for her to attend the local college.
He tells her that she would never be welcomed back home if she chose to leave.
How do Rex and Rose Mary make their entrance into NYC?
They sneak onto a bus from Welch to New York without paying for their tickets.
They hitchhike a ride from a stranger, leaving all of their belongings behind in Welch.
Their van breaks down in the middle of a busy highway and their belongings were all over the road.
They convince Lori, who is now successful, to pick them up and let them move in with her.
What struggle does Jeannette face in her new life with Eric?
Jeannette and Eric disagree about whether or not to have kids and it ruins their marriage.
Jeannette feels as though she doesn’t belong in his world. Coming from so little and gaining so much didn’t give her the satisfaction she was looking for.
Jeannette asks Eric for money to purchase her uncle's land in Texas for Rose Mary. Eric feels Jeannette is using him for his money.
Eric is upset that Jeannette never offers to help pay for anything, including their rent.
Why does Rose Mary ask Jeannette for a million dollars? What does this make Jeannette realize about her upbringing?
To open her own art gallery in New York City. Jeannette realizes that her mom is selfish and entitled.
To pay back the debt collectors they have been running from. Jeannette realizes her mom is trying to con her.
To buy a house in New York. Jeannette realizes her parents will never let her have a life or goals of her own.
To buy Uncle Jim’s land. Jeannette realizes that while they were struggling, they were actually sitting on land worth about a million dollars
How do we know that Jeannette forgives Rex for his empty promises?
Because Rex says “We never did build that Glass Castle.” Jeannette says, “No, but we had fun planning it. She also brings him vodka and accepts who he is.
Because she decides to invite her parents to live with her in New York, even though they weren't good parents.
Because Rex finally proved himself to her by getting sober and staying sober.
Because Jeannette confesses to Rex that she made a mistake moving to New York and marrying Eric, when she should have stayed with her family in Welch.
