Bad parenting
Mom refuses to do something even if after she finds out a man came into the house and hurt Jeanette when she was sleeping?
What is closing/locking the windows and doors?
This character is intelligent and creative but has a substance abuse problem.
Who is Rex Walls?
“Don’t you worry about food and bills,” Dad said. “That’s for me to worry about" (210). The opposite is really happening in this situation.
What is irony?
Jeanette was cooking this when she was three.
What are hot dogs?
Name of the buzzard that the Walls took in?
Who is Buster?
The kids are put in the back of this and the doors open up?
What is the U-Haul?
This character mixes chemicals together and almost dies in a shack fire.
Who is Brian Walls?
The car crawled and coughed as it came to a stop.
What is personification?
Right in the beginning of the book, we find out something about Jeanette's mother.
What is homelessness?
What type of nonfiction, autobiographical book it this? (A personal account- of the author's life)
What is a memoir?
Running away from paying bills; leaving in the middle of the night (What does Rex call it)?
What is skedaddle?
This character was paddled in school so that Mom didn't look bad.
Who is Lori Walls?
"When Lori came out, she was mute and bald as an egg for the first three years of her life."
What is a simile?
This is specifically what Jeanette gets for Christmas from her father.
What is Venus?
What is the specific name of the place that Jeanette and Brian are curious about (Ginger lives there).
What is the Green Lantern?
Mom won something when Jeanette was in the hospital, but used it without her.
What is a helicopter ride?
This character has imaginary friends who made her cry.
Who is Maureen Walls?
The Joshua tree is twisted and disfigured because of the harsh winds that beat it down; however, the tree is still beautiful. This represents the struggle of Jeanette and her siblings.
What is symbolism?
When the book begins, what city in Jeanette in?
What is New York City?
What is the name of the cat that Rex threw out the window?
What is Quixote?
Dad and Mom leave the kids in a hot car when they go inside. They are in the car for hours. What is the name of the bar?
Bar None Bar
This character died before the age of one. What is her full name?
Who is Mary Charlene Walls?
Dad fixes someone's TV with a spaghetti noodle. The neighbor comments on Dad's intelligence and says that he really knows how to use his noodle.
What is a pun?
This is where Jeanette learns to swim.
What is a hot spring?
The name of the dog who died from being bit by a rattlesnake.
Who is Juju?