GC 1-101 quiz

Question 1

Adapt something wild to the environment

Answer 1

cultivate

Question 2

The necessary means (especially financial means)

Answer 2

wherewithal

Question 3

Deeply or seriously thoughtful

Answer 3

contemplative

Question 4

Greatest in importance, degree, or significance

Answer 4

preeminent

Question 5

Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

Answer 5

cantankerous

Question 6

Assign to a lower position

Answer 6

relegate

Question 7

Relating to or being a large and stately residence

Answer 7

palatial

Question 8

Capable of stirring enthusiasm or excitement

Answer 8

rousing

Question 9

A group of a people who have no permanent home

Answer 9

nomad

Question 10

Providing no shelter or sustenance

Answer 10

desolate

Question 11

Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

Answer 11

foolhardy

Question 12

A word that is formed with a suffix to indicate smallness

Answer 12

diminutive

Question 13

Deliberately vague or ambiguous

Answer 13

evasive

Question 13

Influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering

Answer 13

wheedle

Question 14

Tending to move away from the middle

Answer 14

centrifugal

Question 15

Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

Answer 15

corrugated

Question 16

Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery

Answer 16

cajole

Question 17

Concise and full of meaning

Answer 17

pithy

Question 18

Move about or proceed hurriedly

Answer 18

scuttle

Question 19

A wanderer with no established residence or means of support

Answer 19

vagrant

Question 20

Father of the Walls family, holds the dream of Glass Castle, gives Venus to Jeanette, bumps back and forth on jobs

Answer 20

Rex Walls

Question 21

Mother of the Walls family, an aspiring artist, former teacher Mary S. Black elementary school

Answer 21

Rose Mary Walls

Question 22

Eldest Walls sibling, helps her mom with teaching, wants to an artist

Answer 22

Lori Walls

Question 23

2nd oldest sibling, gets thrown out of the Green Caboose, sexually assaulted by Billy Deel

Answer 23

Jeanette Walls

Question 24

3rd oldest sibling, comic book gets given to prostitute at Green Lantern, hides in bush to fight against 3 older girls

Answer 24

Brian Walls

Question 25

Youngest sibling, asks "Where Dad" is

Answer 25

Maureen Walls

Question 26

Deceased child, died at 9 months old in crib where Rex found her, Jeanette is the replacement child for her

Answer 26

Mary Charlene Walls

Question 27

has a lopsided head, a drunk dad, wants Jeanette to be his girlfriend, sexually harasses her

Answer 27

Billy Deel

Question 28

Rex Walls's mom, wanted Maureen to be named after her

Answer 28

Erma Walls

Question 29

Always argues with Rex and Rose Mary, offers to help the Walls family, died so Walls family takes her house

Answer 29

Grandma Smith

Question 30

Theme: Parents's values can affect how they discipline their children

Answer 30

- Rose Mary thinks no rules is good for children so they can learn from mistakes - Rex Walls almost lets Jeanette drown in able for her to learn how to swim