Mom/Dad
What was mom doing in the first part of the book?
Digging in a dumpster.
Where was the first place the Walls lived?
Tuscon, AZ
When Jeannette was 3, what action landed her in the hospital?
cooking hotdogs
What is the mysterious place where men go in Battle Mountain?
The Green Lantern.
What is the name of their first car?
What is the Blue Goose.
What was the tool that helped Dad find gold?
The Prospector
When the Walls were in San Francisco, what did dad give the kids for Christmas?
He gave them stars, and Jeannette got a planet.
What did Jeanette want to name Maureen?
Rosita
What is Jeannette and her Dad’s favorite number system?
Binary
What reason did Rex have for "having himself fired" from the gypsum mine in Battle Mountain?
What is so he'd have more time to find gold.
Which family member was supposedly in Mom’s womb for fourteen months?
Lori
What happened while the kids were riding in the back of the U-haul?
The back door opened.
True or False: Jeannette becomes a wealthy lady on Park Ave in NYC.
True
What do the kids eat when they are starving that upsets Rose Mary?
What is margarine with sugar.
What symbol follows Jeannette around from the beginning of the book?
Fire
What was Jeannette’s fear after she fell out of their car?
That her parents would leave her there and not come back.
What did Jeannette end up returning to Billy Deel?
his ring
What type rock did Jeannette like the most?
Geode
Who is the Walls’s cat an allusion to?
Who is Don Quixote, the man of La Mancha.
What did the nurse give Jeannette at the hospital which she had never had before?
What is gum.
Why wasn't life total luxury in Phoenix?
What are coach roaches and termites.
What does Jeannette thinks of the bats she sees in Midland
She likes them
What does Rose Mary love to study and paint?
What is the Joshua Tree.
What does Rex say to Jeannette when he throws her in the water?
What is sink or swim.
What was Jeannette’s nickname given to her by her Dad?
Who is Mountain Goat.