The Glass Castle 18-21

Question 1

How is Jeannette’s $10 Rolex symbolism?

Answer 1

of her past that she cannot shed. she tries to appear well-off but she can’t get rid of her past habits

Question 2

Who is Mike?

Answer 2

Jeannette’s boss who was the owner, publisher, and editor in chief of The Phoenix

Question 3

How is Mike important?

Answer 3

he encouraged Jeannette to go to college

Question 4

Why did Lori take in Maureen?

Answer 4

Lori took in Maureen because Maureen had fallen off the porch and hit her head, which left a gruesome wound.

Question 5

How did Rose Mary and Rex enter New York?

Answer 5

car broke down, traffic jam, everything flew out (furniture, clothes, art supplies)

Question 6

How did Rex and Rose Mary become homeless in New York City?

Answer 6

Rex and Rose Mary became homeless because they were both kicked out of their children’s homes. Their van was also towed for parking in a no-parking zone, and they couldn’t get it back, so they lost their last place to sleep.

Question 7

What did Rex get to thinking and studying about while in the hospital with TB?

Answer 7

Rex began to think and study about mortality and the nature of the cosmos while in the hospital with tuberculosis.

Question 8

In present day New York (before Thanksgiving) what is Jeannette up to?

Answer 8

working and finishing her studies up at Barnard

Question 9

In present day New York (before Thanksgiving) what is Lori up to?

Answer 9

illustrator for a comic book company

Question 10

In present day New York (before Thanksgiving) what is Brian up to?

Answer 10

working as a warehouse man and serving in the auxilliary force before he reaches the age to work as a police officer

Question 11

In present day New York (before Thanksgiving) what is Maureen up to?

Answer 11

living with Lori and attending highschool

Question 12

In present day New York (before Thanksgiving) what are the parents up to?

Answer 12

nothing; still fooling around and living life without money

Question 13

What did Jeannette gift her father for Christmas on their first Christmas together as a family in New York?

Answer 13

warm clothes (blue work pants, thick wool socks, steel-toed boots, thermal underwear)

Question 14

Rex and Rose Mary get a new home. How?

Answer 14

live with squatters in a squat; so its free (abandoned building that is falling apart)

Question 15

How did Rex and Rose Mary get electricity in their squat?

Answer 15

connected the building to an insulated cable that he’d hot-wired off a utility pole

Question 16

Why was Jeannette worried to tell people she met through work the truth about her parents?

Answer 16

Jeannette was worried because she thought her reputation would crack and she would lose her job.

Question 17

How much is Uncle Jim’s land?

Answer 17

1 million

Question 18

Why was Maureen arrested?

Answer 18

she stabbed Rose Mary because Rose Mary kicked her out so she could be more independent

Question 19

What story does Rex tell Jeannette when he is about to die? What does is the real situation?

Answer 19

got into a fistfight with Nigerian drug dealers that made him acquire a rare untreatable disease

his health is deteriorating from years of smoking and his alcoholism

Question 20

How do Rex and Jeannette reconcile about the glass castle in their final conversation?

Answer 20

The two look back and recognize the downsides and upsides to the Glass Castle as a way to close up old untreated wounds.

Question 21

Why did Jeannette leave Eric?

Answer 21

the fancy and orderly life of Park Avenue was not what she wanted. she wanted to be more on the move and spontaneous

he was also not the right man for her

Question 22

Why was the Walls family getting together 5 years after Rex’s death for Thanksgiving?

Answer 22

The Walls family got together 5 years after Rex’s death for Thanksgiving because it was John who suggested the idea.

Question 23

Who is Veronica?

Answer 23

Brian’s 8-year old daughter

Question 24

Who is Charlie?

Answer 24

Brian’s bull mastiff

Question 25

Who is Jessica?

Answer 25

John’s 15 yr old daughter from his first marriage

Question 26

What had Brian become by the time of Thanksgiving?

Answer 26

A decorated sergeant detective, supervising a special unit that investigated organized crime.

Question 27

What does John’s daughter, Veronica, say that Rose Mary does similarly to Jeannette?

Answer 27

John’s daughter, Veronica, says that Rose Mary laughs similarly to Jeannette.

Question 28

Where did Rose Mary find her place of belonging?

Answer 28

Rose Mary found her place of belonging with the squatters.

Question 29

Where did Jeannette move to after breaking up with Eric?

Answer 29

a small apartment on the West Side where she can see Venus