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

2. What does Alice say is one of her mother's unusual behaviors?
(a) Knocking on a doorway before entering a room.
(b) Obsessively turning the faucet off and on.
(c) Rubbing her back against walls.
(d) Licking her fingernails.

3. What one subject is mentioned that Nonna and Alice talk about?
(a) Mother and Father.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Mental asylums.
(d) The history of objects in The Big House.

4. How does Uncle Billy believe that Father died?
(a) His poor driving.
(b) Accidental overdose.
(c) Murder.
(d) Suicide.

5. What do the unreliables say about Aunt Frances?
(a) That she is glad to be rid of Alice.
(b) That she is cruel.
(c) That she is like every white woman.
(d) That she pays well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice do at the end of Part Two:The Big House- Arthur?

2. How does Alice feel about Mr. Early?

3. What does Arthur call Mother?

4. Who calls Alice to tell her about Mr. Early's death?

5. What is the San?

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