Glass castle
How many months was Jeannette's mom pregnant with her baby sister?
12
Kenny Hall
A 42-year-old mentally challenged man in Welch who has a crush on Jeannette, for which the other kids make fun of him.
Ginger
A prostitute at the Green Lantern whorehouse in Battle Mountain, Nevada whom Dad goes to visit.
Ms. Sanders
A teacher for whom Jeannette babysits, and who, in a plan hatched by Jeanette, hires Lori to babysit for her children as she travels with them for the summer. She then buys Lori a return train ticket to New York, rather than Welch.
Jeanettes first husband
Eric
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.
What happens that saves Jeannette from having to drop out of school because of financial problems?
Her father comes up with the money for her tuition.
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's good for her hair, but didn't wash it out for the pictures
What did her mom say when Jeannette tried to get her to leave her dad besides "It's against the Catholic faith"?
Im an exitment addict
Rex's nickname for Jeanette
Mountain goat
Ernie Goad
A kid who lives in Welch and torments Brian and Jeannette for living in "garbage."
Billy Deel
A teenager who is neighbors with the Walls family in Battle Mountain, and who has a crush on Jeannette that turns violent. Lori defends Jeanette from Billy by threatening him with a gun.
When does Jeanette move to NYC
After junior year of high school
What college does Jeanette attend
Barnard
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 did the Walls gorge themselves on in Nevada
Cantaloupe
Who visited Jeanette's school when she was a junior at Welch High?
Chuck Yeager
Uncle Stanley
Dad's brother, he lives in Welch, West Virginia with Erma and Grandpa Walls. While Jeanette and her family are living in Welch, Uncle Stanley attempts to sexually assault her. She escapes but, subsequently, avoids their home as much as possible.
Who is sexually aggressive with Brian
Erma
In the Battle of Little Hobart Street, the Brian and Jeannette fight against __________ and win.
Ernie Goad
Dinita Hewitt
Initially the leader of a group that bullies Jeannette at school in Welch, but who later becomes her friend.
Brian
Jeanette's younger brother
Maureen
Jeanette's younger sister
Ms. Jeanette Bivens
Jeanettes namesake, was Rex's teacher
Lori
Jeanettes older sister
Cindy Thompson
Jeannette's classmate, who tries to recruit her for the Ku Klux Klan.
Professor Fuchs
Jeannette's favorite college professor. When Professor Fuchs grows distressed at something Jeannette says in class about homeless people, Jeannette feels that she can't reveal her true background and her own experience with poverty and homelessness.
jeanettes second husband
John Taylor
Maureens birth name
Lily Ruth Maureen
What is the name of the walls girls piggy bank
Oz
Mary Charlene Walls
Rex and Rose Mary's second daughter, Mary Charlene dies at only 9-months old one night in her crib. Her death prompts Rex's gambling and drinking habits.
what happens to the money in oz
Rex takes it
Erma Walls
Rex's mother who lives in West Virginia. She refuses to be called 'Grandma' because it makes her feel old. Erma has a grumpy disposition and asks her grandchildren to refrain from laughing in her home.
Rosemary
Rex's wife, an artist and Jeanettes mother
Who wants to move to Welch
Rose Mary
Grandma Smith
Rose Mary and Uncle Jim's mother. Her death is the reason the Walls move to Pheonix
how does Jeanette help dinitas brother
She chases away a dog that is bothering him.
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.
How did Maureen get by?
She relied on friends.
Why is Dinitia arrested?
She stabs her mother's boyfriend to death
What does Jeanette have to do one night when her dad come home after "getting in a fight with a mountain"?
Stitch him up
Mr. Freeman
The Walls family's next-door neighbor in Welch.
Where was Jeanette and Brian's favorite place to go while living at Battle Mountain?
The dump
Rex
The father of Jeanette, Brian, Maureen, and Lori. An alcoholic that tends to be dismissive yet has a good heart.
Why do the walls move to Phoenix
The inheritance from grandma smith
Ginnie Sue Pastor
The town prostitute in Welch, and also the mother of nine children.
The German restaurant Jeannette worked at...
Zum Zum
what two plants does Jeanette compare her family to
a cactus and a Joshua tree
They could each bring one thing with them to Phoenix. What was Jeannette's one thing?
a geode
What does Rex give Jeanette as a going away present when she goes to New York?
a jackknife
Lori's reluctance to explore the outdoors and her interest in books arise from her ____________.
bad eyesight
Since the Walls were on a mission to find gold, Jeannette's dad found a place in northern Nevada called..
battle mountain
What do the walls kids struggle with in welch
being bullied
What are the children forced to eat
butter and sugar
How does Jeanette burn herself
cooking hot dogs
When the children are starving they catch their mom....
eating a chocolate bar
What was Rex's motivation for moving around
finding gold
What does Jeannette wish for on her tenth birthday?
for her dad to stop drinking
what does Brian do as he grows up
gets into more fights and trouble
The workers went on strike, so the walls picked their own...
grapes
The family lived in Las Vegas for a few months. Why did they leave?
he blackjack dealer knew Rex was cheating
Why did her dad ruin Lori's clay bust of Shakespeare?
he thought Shakespeare was a fraud
Why would Jeanette never stay home, even when she was sick?
her classroom was warm
what is assumed from dinitas pregnancy
her moms boyfriend raped her
Where does Jeannette learn to swim?
hot pot
what happened to Ermas house
it burns down
Why does Rosemary hate teaching
it requires organization
how do rex and rosemary meet
jumping off a cliff
What two things of great value does rose Mary have
land and a diamond
what is not allowed at Ermas
laughing
Where do they move after kicked out of Ermas
little Hobart street
what did Jeanette do to fix her teeth
made her own braces
What does Rex make to help him find gold
prospector
What is the Green Lantern?
prostitute house
which parent is more upset about loosing Mary Charlene
rex
What name did Jeannette want to name her new baby sister?
rosita
When is Jeanette first astounded to learn about childhood beyond hers
school newspaper
how does Jeanette cover the holes in her pants
she colors her skin with marker
What happens to Jeanette when rex is driving under the influence
she falls out of the car
how does Jeanette learn to swim
she is thrown in the water
What does Rex give his children for Christmas?
stars
who does rex claim is after him when they do the skedaddle
the FBI
what did the Walls call their car
the blue goose
what fascinates Jeanette in the desert
the crooked Joshua tree
What is the name of the van the Walls drive everywhere?
the green caboose
Jeanette's favorite toy
tinker bell