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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes Nonna's social life?
(a) She is a recluse.
(b) Many visitors come to call.
(c) She devotes her time to her church.
(d) Her home is always overrun with children.

2. How does Alice refer to Arthur in Part 1?
(a) A grandfather.
(b) A slave.
(c) An indentured servant.
(d) A part of the family.

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

4. What does Arthur say that Mother asked him to do on the way to the San?
(a) Drive faster.
(b) Take her out of state.
(c) Stop for a milkshake.
(d) Take her home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice say she feels like, living with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy?

2. What is true about Nonna?

3. Why does Alice ask Arthur to drive her to the San on a daily drive?

4. Who is Nonna?

5. Who does Alice refer to as the Bobs and Ricks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Big House.

2. Does Alice relate to the unreliables?

3. Does Alice like living in Tuscon?

4. Was Father a happy man?

5. How does Nonna feel about Mother?

6. How does Alice compare Walter and Father?

7. What do you think Alice's family was like before her father's death, based on information in the first chapter of the book?

8. Does Uncle Billy love Alice?

9. What are Aunt Frances' priorities?

10. Why does Alice call the San Mother's Florida?

(see the answer keys)

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