Q 01/05

In The Glass Castle, what is three-year-old Jeannette Walls cooking when her dress goes up in flames?

A) Scrambled eggs

B) Canned soup

C) Hot dogs

D) Pancakes

Answer · why

C) Hot dogs

Hot dogs were boiling on the stove when her pink dress caught. After about six weeks of skin grafts, her father carried her out of the hospital withou...

Q 02/05

At the start of The Glass Castle, what is Rose Mary Walls doing when Jeannette spots her from a taxi?

A) Rooting through a dumpster

B) Selling her paintings

C) Sleeping in a church doorway

D) Begging outside a bank

Answer · why

A) Rooting through a dumpster

Rooting through a dumpster was how Jeannette found her, two blocks from a party. She slid down in her seat and asked the driver to turn around and tak...

Q 03/05

In The Glass Castle, which planet does young Jeannette Walls claim when her father offers stars as Christmas presents?

A) Mars

B) Jupiter

C) Saturn

D) Venus

Answer · why

D) Venus

Venus was her pick, the brightest light low in the western sky. Decades later, walking Manhattan at night, she still looks for it glowing over the riv...

Q 04/05

In The Glass Castle, what does Jeannette Walls ask her father to do as her tenth birthday present?

A) Stop gambling

B) Stop drinking

C) Stop smoking

D) Stop moving

Answer · why

B) Stop drinking

Stop drinking was her whole wish. Rex dried out at home and stayed sober for a few months, and his relapse is what sent the family east to West Virgin...

Q 05/05

In The Glass Castle, what ends up filling the foundation hole Jeannette and Brian Walls dig for the dream house?

A) Garbage

B) Rainwater

C) Coal

D) Firewood

Answer · why

A) Garbage

Garbage went into the pit because the family could not afford the town's trash-collection fee. Rex called it a temporary measure, and the heap soon at...