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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Any House - Florida.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Alice when she goes to live with Nonna?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Ten.

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

3. How does Alice feel about Mr. Early?
(a) She has a crush on him.
(b) She admires him and wants to follow in his footsteps.
(c) She wants to please him.
(d) She is very uncomfortable around him.

4. How does Alice say Mother sounds when she speaks?
(a) Affected, like she is searching for the proper accent.
(b) Quiet, like she hasn't yet woken up.
(c) Uninflectedly, like she's thinking of something else.
(d) Excitedly; she seems to echo off the walls.

5. What does Alice promise herself in Part One, when she is 12?
(a) That she will not be like Mother.
(b) That she will be a poet like Father.
(c) That she won't let Aunt Frances have Mother's jewelry.
(d) That she will live with Mother again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise does Alice say she neglected to keep to Mr. Early?

2. How does Walter respond when Alice asks him to move out of her brownstone?

3. What does Alice say was Nonna's opinion of Father?

4. How is Nonna described in Part Two:The Big House-Arthur?

5. What does Mother say of Arlette's appearance?

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