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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Mother - Tuscon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother bring to her family members on Christmas?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Homemade gifts.
(c) Expensive boutique clothing.
(d) Farewell letters.

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

3. What does Mother do to ordinary straw bags, as described in Part One?
(a) Makes party favors for Alice's birthday party.
(b) Weaves them with fishwire and ribbon.
(c) Turns them into masks.
(d) Makes them into stories with dollhouse trinkets.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mother use overripe fruit, as described in Part One?

2. What best describes Mother's life in the Mother-Arlette section of Part One?

3. What does Alice compare her mother's trip to the San to?

4. Who says, "Here's to you, here's to me, here's to our new home!"?

5. What possession of Mother's does Aunt Frances berate Alice for touching?

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