The Glass Castle plot
What did her mom say when Jeannette tried to get her to leave her dad besides "It's against the Catholic faith"?
"I'm an excitment addict"
What did Jeannettes dad buy on his first pay day in Phoenix?
3 bicycles
Where does Rex take Jeannette while her mother is gone?
A bar.
What did Jeannettes dad have her pet at the zoo?
A cheetah
What do Jeannette and Brian find when they are playing in the woods?
A diamond ring.
What is the glass castle
A house made completely of glass that is solar powered.
Where do the children go to shower after there is no longer any bathroom in the house?
A pool.
What was the ugliest pet that the Walls ever owned?
A wounded buzzer they named Buster
Why did they have to move away from Las Vegas?
Because Jeannette's dad played black jacks and one of the dealers figured out he had a system that was making him win.
Why did her dad ruin Lori's clay bust of Shakespeare?
Because he thought that Shakespeare was a fraud.
When Jeannette was in 1st grade, why did the 2 mexican girls beat her up?
Because she was tall, pale, skinny, and raised her had too fast when the teacher asked questions.
What was Jeannettes favorite book?
Black Beauty
What would they do after her fathers plan of finding gold?
Build a glass castle
Jeanette's first encounter at the hospital was
Burned by a fire while making a hot dog when she was 3 years old.
What did the nurse give Jeanette that she tried for the first time in her life?
Chewing gum
What famous person did Jeannette interview for her school newspaper?
Chuck Yeager
First scene of the story, Rose Mary is found...
Digging through a dumpster
What did Jeannette say she wanted for her 10th birthday?
For her dad to stop drinking, and he did for a while.
How is Rex Walls at the casino?
He is very good and is able to win money for the family.
What did Jeannettes father make her do once after he had been in a fight?
He made her sew stitches in a gash in his arm,
What does Rex tell Jeannette when he takes her to the bus station?
He says that life in New York may not be as easy as she thinks it's going to be.
Jeannettes father would say that all the running around and moving was temporary because he had a plan. What was the plan?
He was going to find gold.
What did Billy Deel do the day after Jeannette gave him his ring back?
He went to where they lived and was shooting a BB gun at them.
How did Jeanette learn how to swim?
Her dad kept throwing her into a hot spring until she finally could make it to the side by herself.
What happens to the money that Jeannette is supposed to use to feed the family?
Her dad took it.
Why was Jeannette glad they didn't have enough money to buy her class picture one year?
Her mom put mayonnaise in her hair because she heard it was good for it.
Who does Jeannette see searching through a trash can while in a taxi?
Her mother
What did Jeannettes dad give her before she got on the bus to New York?
His favorite jackknife
Where did the kids ride in the U-Haul when they were moving to Nevada.
In the back of the U-haul, with the baby
What happens to the money that Lori and Jeannette have been saving?
It gets stolen.
What was the important invention her father had in order to find gold?
It was called "The Prospector". It would dig into the ground and raise up the dirt to find the gold.
How does Jeannette help Lori get to New York City?
Jeannette tells Mrs. Sanders to take Lori, and at the end of the summer, buy her a ticket to New York.
What does Jeannette try to talk her mother into doing to make hers and the children's lives better?
Leaving Dad.
What was Jeannette doing when she was set on fire?
Making a hot dog
What was the name of the sister who died?
Mary Charlene
What was her father's nickname for her and why?
Mountain goat, because they did a lot of exploring and she could climb.
Did her family pay for her time in the hospital? If not, what did they do?
No, they snuck her out of the hospital in order to not pay.
What was the name of the piggy bank Jeannette and Lori had to save up money to move to New York?
Oz
The Father's first name.
Rex
How do Jeannette's views of her parents' behavior change as she develops into a teenager?
She can't make excuses for them any longer.
They could each bring one thing with them to Phoenix. What was Jeannette's one thing?
She chose to bring a geode.
What does Jeannette decide to do instead of following the guidance counselor's advice?
She decides to leave right after she finishes her classes.
Why does Jeannette confront her mother and tell her that she is acting like a child?
She didn't want to go to work.
What does Jeannette's mother reluctantly do to help keep the family together?
She gets a job as a teacher.
What incident helps to cement Jeannette's conviction to leave Welch and her family?
She gets in trouble, and she gets whipped. Her dad finally pushed her away
How did Jeannettes mother finally help bring in money for the family?
She got a job and the middle school and taught Lori's class.
What made Lori decide that she wanted to be an artist, just like her mom?
She got glasses and she could finally see the world clearly.
How did Jeannette know her mom and dad had moved to New York before they had even told her?
She heard on the radio about a van that had broken down on the New Jersey turnpike that had spilled clothes and furniture all over the road.
What does Jeannette and Brian's mother do with this treasure?
She keeps it.
Why didn't Maureen have to dig throught the trash for food?
She made friends throughout the neighborhood and showed up at their houses throughout dinner time.
What did Jeannette do when she found out that it would cost 1200 dollars for braces?
She made her own braces for her teeth.
What happens when Jeannette goes swimming in a public pool?
She makes a friend.
What does Jeannette do when she decides that she needs braces for her teeth?
She makes her own.
What does Jeannette do with the stolen item from her job?
She returns it.
What did Lori say when her mom asked the kids if they had anything nice to say about their Grandma Erma when she died?
She said "Ding-dong, the witch is dead".
What is the high school's guidance counselor's advice for Jeannette?
She said that Jeannette should stay in Welch because it's her home.
What does Jeannette now want to do for a career?
She wants to be a writer
Why does Jeannette end up stealing from her place of employment?
She was furious because her boss did not trust her.
Who was Jeannette named after?
She was named after her high school teacher, who was also her fathers English teacher, Jeanette Bivens.
How does Jeannette handle the family's finances while her mother is gone?
She worked up a budget to buy food for her, Brian, and Maureen.
Where does Maureen spend most of her time during her adolescence?
She's not really around that much. She spends her time in other people's homes.
Jeannette and Lori make plans to do what?
Take on extra work after school, and put their earnings in a piggy bank.
What does Jeannette tell her parents about the social worker visiting the house?
That if they don't change their ways, the social worker will take them (the children) away.
What did they find out about Grandma Smith when they were moving to Phoenix?
That she had died.
The father's biggest project he wants to do one day.
The Glass Castle
Who the Walls move in with when they moved to West Virginia?
The father's parents and uncle
What is the condition of the house like when spring comes?
The house starts to fall apart.
Where does Jeannette get a job?
The jewelry store.
What did the Walls call it when they had to leave town quickly?
The skedaddle
What did Jeannette and her brother and sisters fight over when it was cold at night?
Their dogs, Tinkle and Pippin, because they were warm.
What happened to Jeannette on her and her family's way to Las Vegas?
They took a sharp turn around some rail road tracks, the car door flew open and she fell out.
What is the only rule the kids have about curfew when they live in town?
come home when the street lights come on.
What did Jeannette's father give her for Christmas one year?
the planet Venus