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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Mother - Arlette's Stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alice's main concern about living with Mother?
(a) Life is embarrasing for Alice.
(b) Life is unpredictable and unstable.
(c) Mother's seizures are getting worse.
(d) Mother's drinking.

2. How does Nonna react to the straw bag creations of Mother's?
(a) She beams with pride.
(b) She calls them cheap.
(c) She tosses them aside.
(d) She fusses over silly details.

3. What happens to Walter?
(a) He dies from a heart attack.
(b) He leaves Alice and her mother.
(c) He is mugged and falls into a coma.
(d) He becomes a born again Christian.

4. What best describes Walter's appearance?
(a) Disappointed mouth and Einstein hair.
(b) Soft curves and sharp eyes.
(c) Losing hair and scruffy.
(d) Fat and overgrown with hair.

5. What does Arthur do for mother?
(a) Mows her lawn.
(b) Buys her lunch.
(c) Carries her groceries.
(d) Drives her to the San.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mother wear on the last day Alice sees her in Part One (Mother-Arthur)?

3. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?

4. What does Arthur call Mother?

5. How does Alice scare Arlette when she visits her?

(see the answer key)

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