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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Big House - Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aunt Frances make Alice do?
(a) Cut her hair short.
(b) Take two baths a day.
(c) Let her hair grow long.
(d) Attend an etiquette class.

2. How does Alice refer to her father?
(a) Father.
(b) Papa.
(c) George.
(d) Daddy.

3. How does Mother use overripe fruit, as described in Part One?
(a) To bake a fruit cake.
(b) To decorate a mantle for Christmas.
(c) To bake a banana bread.
(d) To make a wreath for Christmas.

4. What does Uncle Billy do to some of Nonna's valuable pictures?
(a) He rehangs them in her bedroom.
(b) He has them framed for her.
(c) He writes his name on the back.
(d) He sells them at a pawn shop and gives her the money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to be Arlette's role in the family?

2. What is Alice allowed to do with Mother's possessions as they are unpacked?

3. What does Arthur say that Mother gave him?

4. What does Arthur say that Mother asked him to do on the way to the San?

5. What does Alice recall eating while her father talked of Florida, in Part One?

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