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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Arthur - Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What promise does Alice say she neglected to keep to Mr. Early?
(a) To become a poet.
(b) To meet him for coffee.
(c) To attend his retirement party.
(d) To take his class at a local college.

2. What does Mother say was true of Nonna's husband?
(a) He had a mistress.
(b) He was a poet.
(c) He was devoted to Nonna.
(d) He was a cruel and abusive man.

3. What does Alice express to Mother during their conversation about Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy in Part Three: West 76th Street?
(a) Determination never to become like Mother.
(b) Anger that Mother lost custody of her.
(c) Gratitude for having Mother still in her life.
(d) Relief that Mother lost custody of her.

4. What does Alice say that Nonna felt about her children?
(a) She never wanted a second child.
(b) She felt they deserved a better mother.
(c) She never wanted to have children.
(d) She adored her children.

5. How do Alice and her Walter each deal with their troubled relationship?
(a) She smokes pot and he drinks.
(b) They both drink and he hits her.
(c) She drinks and he gambles.
(d) He drinks and she plays the slots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florida represent to Alice and mother?

2. How does Mother relate to men after the death of Alice's father?

3. What does Mother bring to her family members on Christmas?

4. Who hosts a party the summer that Alice is 12?

5. Alice quotes someone, maybe her father, as saying, "A man sounds like money when he-"

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