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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Big House - Arlette's Stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of feeling does Walter bring to Alice's home?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hope.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Security.

2. What does Aunt Frances tell Alice that there are rules about that she needs to learn?
(a) Speaking to adults.
(b) Manners.
(c) The Upper Class.
(d) Dressing and fashion.

3. What does Alice say she feels like, living with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy?
(a) An honored guest.
(b) A visitor.
(c) The daughter they never had.
(d) Unwanted.

4. What is true about Father's death?
(a) Father was drinking.
(b) It's a suspected murder.
(c) It's a suspected suicide.
(d) The train driver was drinking.

5. What happens to Father when Alice is five?
(a) He drives off one night and never returns.
(b) He goes to buy milk and is hit by a train.
(c) He is abducted.
(d) He goes to meet a business partner and never returns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice promise herself in Part One, when she is 12?

2. Why did Alice's father want to bring Alice and Mother to Florida?

3. How is mother treated by her mother and other family members?

4. What is Alice's mother's name?

5. How does life after the death of Alice's father compare to life before his death?

(see the answer key)

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