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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. What does Alice worry will harm Arthur?
(a) Steroid medication.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Aunt Frances' demands.
(d) Chocolate.

2. What does Mother do that embarrasses Alice when she visits her at the San?
(a) Laughs like a crazy woman.
(b) Sits on a piano and sings.
(c) Cries in public.
(d) Introduces Alice as "my sister."

3. Where is Arthur when he dies, according to events in Part Four?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) Home.
(c) By the side of the road.
(d) In the river.

4. Where does Alice go to visit Mother in Part Three: West 76th Street?
(a) A mental asylum.
(b) A hospital.
(c) California.
(d) Florida.

5. How do the members of Mother's family react to the gifts she gives them at Christmas?
(a) They make no comment.
(b) They are pleased.
(c) They are hurt.
(d) They are angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Alice and Arthur sometimes nap?

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

3. Why is Mother's appearance changed when Alice goes to visit her after Nonna's funeral?

4. What does Uncle Billy do to some of Nonna's valuable pictures?

5. What one subject is mentioned that Nonna and Alice talk about?

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