2. How does Nonna react to the straw bag creations of Mother's?
(a) She tosses them aside.
(b) She calls them cheap.
(c) She beams with pride.
(d) She fusses over silly details.

3. What does Uncle Billy tell Alice her mother needs?
(a) A man.
(b) Medical treatment.
(c) Rest.
(d) Psychological therapy.

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

5. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?
(a) Classical.
(b) Country.
(c) Show tunes.
(d) Rap.

6. What best describes Alice's life with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy?
(a) Stable.
(b) An adventure.
(c) Loving.
(d) Abusive.

7. Where does Alice see a lot of family jewelry, precious silverware, and valuable artwork?
(a) Nonna's house.
(b) Arlette's house.
(c) The art museum.
(d) Miss O'Boyle's house.

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

9. Who cares for Nonna's property?
(a) Nonna takes care of it herself.
(b) Her son, Raymond.
(c) Uncle Billy.
(d) Arthur.

10. What is one thing the unreliables take from Aunt Frances?
(a) Silverware.
(b) Alice.
(c) Money.
(d) Her television.

11. What is true about Nonna?
(a) She cannot speak.
(b) She is very active and loves to swim.
(c) She is blind.
(d) She has fostered over 20 children.

12. Who does Alice refer to as the Bobs and Ricks?
(a) People like Arthur.
(b) The boys she dates.
(c) The men Mother dated before Walter.
(d) Boring men, unlike Father.

13. What best describes Aunt Frances?
(a) Orderly and strict.
(b) Giving and loving.
(c) Uncertain and lacking confidence.
(d) Firm, but kind.

14. What happens to Father when Alice is five?
(a) He drives off one night and never returns.
(b) He goes to meet a business partner and never returns.
(c) He goes to buy milk and is hit by a train.
(d) He is abducted.

15. How old is Alice when her father dies?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) It's her 7th birthday.
(d) She doesn't remember.