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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 is Alice's mother's name?
(a) Stella.
(b) Brenda.
(c) Rosemarie.
(d) Alice.

2. Why is Alice concerned about Arthur in Part One (Father-Mother)?
(a) He seems to be losing his balance.
(b) He has been ill and looks tired.
(c) He has a rash that the doctors can't explain.
(d) He is very forgetful.

3. What does Arthur say about Mother in her defense in Part One?
(a) That she loved to shop for gifts.
(b) That she was generous and gave things away.
(c) That she understood money was meant to spread joy.
(d) That her gift was creativity, not accounting.

4. How does Alice say that Arthur dies?
(a) A car accident.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) An accidental drowning.
(d) Cancer.

5. What does Alice recall eating while her father talked of Florida, in Part One?
(a) Grapefruit.
(b) Runny eggs.
(c) An orange.
(d) Oatmeal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What best describes Nonna's social life?

3. What does Alice promise herself in Part One, when she is 12?

4. What does Walter do while listening to music?

5. What does Mother say of Arlette's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nonna feel about Mother?

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

3. How does Alice feel about going back to live with Mother after she is institutionalized and Alice moves in with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy?

4. Describe some of Mother's strengths.

5. How is Arthur's presence during Mother's trip to the San in Part One: Mother-Arthur important?

6. Was Father a happy man?

7. Does Uncle Billy love Alice?

8. Does Alice want to be like her mother?

9. Why is Florida important to Alice?

10. Explain the circumstances that lead to Alice becoming an orphan.

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