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100
Is delighted by the details she can finally see when her school provides eye glasses
Who is Lori
100

This person gave Jeanette a turquoise pendant and called Jeanette his girlfriend

Who is Billy Deel

100
Where did the kids ride on their way to Nevada?
What is the back of a U-Haul truck
100
How did Jeanette know her parents moved to New York before they called her
What is... 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
100
"We were sort of like the cactus./ We ate irregularly and when we did, we'd gorge ourselves." This is an example of what literary device?
What is a simile
200
The six-foot tall newspaper reporter who scavenged for food in the trash
Who is Jeanette
200
A selfish, artistic woman who loathes working as a teacher
Who is Rose Mary
200
What did the Walls family call it when they had to leave town quickly
What is the skedaddle
200
What does Jeanette request for her 10th birthday?
What is for her dad to stop drinking
200

What is an example from the story of situational irony?

Answers may vary

300
Becomes a police officer, a role described by his father as the "gestapo"
Who is Brian
300
The piggy bank were the escape fund is stored
What is Oz
300
What did Rex call Jeanette? (her nickname)
What is Mountain Goat
300
What did Lori say when Erma died, that angered Rex?
What is "Ding dong, the witch is dead"
300

What is symbolism?

a literary device where characters, objects, actions, or ideas are ingrained or associated with a deeper meaning beyond the literal sense.

400
An alcoholic, but brilliant, man who promises to build his family a Glass Casle
Who is Rex
400
An unhappy racist woman who attempts to molest her grandchild
Who is Erma
400
In the beginning of the book, while Jeanette is riding in the taxi, she sees her mother ___________.
What is digging in the trash
400
What animal did Rex have Jeanette pet at the zoo?
What is a cheetah
400

What is Dramatic Irony?

When the audience knows something the characters don't
500
Blonde, blue-eyed girl who develops a religious streak due to her Pentecostal friends
Who is Maureen
500
The bully who calls the Walls family garbage
Who is Ernie Goad
500

Why was Mom a bad teacher in Battle Mountain?

Answers may include: Not disciplining her students, keeping the room a mess, losing the homework, not following lesson plans, not showing up for work.

500
Why did Rex say he ruined the bust of Shakespeare?
What is because Shakespeare was a fraud
500

When seeing their rundown house in Welch, Lori comments, "Hard to believe that one day this will all be ours". What is this an example of?

Verbal Irony
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