Main Characters
This character "got into a fight with a mountain" and asked Jeannette to stitch their arm up one night.
Rex
This character took Jeannette to their house to show her their drunk father and make fun of him
Billy Deel
Thrown out of the vehicle when they seemingly weren't on board with the "life is an adventure" mindset that the Walls lived by
Quixote, the cat
Rex did THIS to teach his kids about wild animals.
Took his kids to the zoo and lets Jeannette pet a cheetah.
When Rose Mary had a teaching job, the steady paychecks lead to MORE problems because...
Rex becomes very possessive with Rose Mary's paychecks and spends them frivolously on unnecessary things.
This character kept having reoccurring nightmares of scary men in Halloween masks in Phoenix and of Rufus the rat trying to eat them.
Maureen
This character encouraged Rex to enter his work in a writing contest and convinced him to get his diploma after he tried to drop out of high school
Miss Bivens
The Prospector is
An invention Rex is working on to separate gold from rocks
3 reasons why Jeannette loved living in Phoenix
The Walls had a beautiful home to live in for once.
The kids had bikes to ride around the neighborhood.
The school the kids attended considered them all gifted.
How do Rex and Rose Mary each deal with the death of Mary Charlene?
Rose Mary - seemingly unaffected. Makes a joke about Brian and his seizures "I thought this one was a goner too".
Rex - never talks about her. Started drinking to cope
This character tells Jeannette that the texture of her scar is interesting and that the scar itself represents that Jeannette is stronger than whatever tried to hurt her.
John (Jeannette's second husband)
This character forced Rose Mary to get her teaching license in case her art career failed, which put a strain on their relationship most of Rose Mary's life.
Grandma Smith (Rose Mary's mother)
After catching on fire and escaping the hospital "Rex-Walls-style," Jeannette develops this issue as a result of never being taught how dangerous fire is
Fascination with fire and playing with fire whenever she could
Describe the house on Little Hobart Street using 3 details.
No plumbing or electricity
On top of a hill in Welch
Half-painted yellow
Ceiling was caving in
Porch was sagging
Jeannette was named after... because...
Miss Jeanette Bivens because she was the first teacher to actually believe in Rex. She encouraged him to enter his writing in a contest and he won.
This character fights to protect Jeannette in Welch when Dinitia Hewitt and her gang bully and beat up Jeannette
Brian
Jeannette and Brian outsmart this character and his relentless gang by building a catapult and using a mattress to pelt rocks at them from their window and knock the gang off their bikes.
Ernie Goad
Rex and Rose Mary Walls view institutions in society, such as hospitals, like this
They thought they were corrupt and avoided them at all costs
Rose Mary asks Jeannette for a million dollars for this...
Her uncle's land
What internal struggle does Jeannette face in her new life with Eric?
She doesn't feel like she belongs. She never felt comfortable sharing her past and realizes she needs to embrace the adventure of her life growing up.
This character sobbed after getting glasses in Phoenix and realizing what they have been missing out on seeing.
Lori
This Welch High employee disapproves of Jeannette's plan to leave Welch to attend college in NYC.
Miss Katona
Rex gave this to his kids for Christmas when they were in Battle Mountain
Their own star/planet
The Joshua Tree that Rose Mary paints symbolizes...
Jeannette. The strength of the Joshua Tree gives it beauty - symbolic of Jeannette's rough upbringing and still being successful in life.
We know that Jeannette forgives Rex for his empty promises because...
She brings him vodka as requested on his death bed - she accepts her dad for who he is.
Rex says "we never did build that glass castle" and Jeannette responds "no, but we had fun building it".