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Florida Quiz

Christine Schutt
This Study Guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Florida.

Florida Quiz

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1)

What does Arthur say that Mother gave him? (from Part 1: Mother - Tuscon)

A drawing of his favorite lake.
Money for his medications.
An entire Brittania encyclopedia set.
A Magnavox stereo.
2)

Where do Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy live when Alice visits them in Part Four? (from Part 4: Any House - Florida)

The Big House.
Tucson.
Florida.
Babados.
3)

What happens to Father when Alice is five? (from Part 1: Father - Mother)

He drives off one night and never returns.
He is abducted.
He goes to meet a business partner and never returns.
He goes to buy milk and is hit by a train.
4)

Why does Alice ask Arthur to drive her to the San on a daily drive? (from Part 1: Mother - Tuscon)

To bring Mother home.
To tell Mother she is leaving with the unreliables.
To bring Mother homemade bread.
To be close to Mother.
5)

What is true about Alice's custody when she visits Mother at the San? (from Part 1: Father - Mother)

Aunt Frances is suing for custody of Alice.
Mother has to go to a custody meeting the next day.
Mother has lost custody of Alice.
Mother has given up custody of Alice.
6)

Where does Nonna sleep when Alice lives with her? (from Part 2: The Big House - Arlette's Stories)

In the massive king size bed she had shared with her husband.
In a crib-like bed.
On a twin bed just like Alice's.
On the sofa by the fireplace.
7)

How does Alice say she misses her mother? (from Part 4: Any House - Florida)

Like a fish misses water.
The way I miss a chair when I sit down.
Like a fish misses a bicycle.
The way I think I will miss her when she dies.
8)

What does Alice want to draw? (from Part 4: Any House - Florida)

The desert at sunset.
Mother, as she used to be.
Her aunt and uncle, their hands, their glasses.
Her future.
9)

How does Alice say that Arthur dies? (from Part 2: The Big House - Tucson)

He is murdered.
A car accident.
Cancer.
An accidental drowning.
10)

Where does Father die? (from Part 1: Father - Mother)

In bed.
In his car.
In the river that flows under Main Street.
In the ravine by the train tracks.
11)

How does Alice's Walter die? (from Part 3: West Seventy-Six - Mother)

He has a sudden heart attack.
He is killed by thugs over a gambling debt.
He overdoses on Perdocan and Scotch.
He is hit by a Geryhound bus.
12)

What does Arlette say that Nonna once did to Mother? (from Part 2: The Big House - Arlette's Stories)

Hit her with an oar.
Forgot to put her in the car for a family trip.
Hit her with a car.
Dropped her on her head.
13)

What is true of Mother when Alice visits her at the San? (from Part 1: Father - Mother)

She is calm.
She has grown fat.
She is jittery.
She has lost a lot of weight.
14)

Alice quotes someone, maybe her father, as saying, "A man sounds like money when he-" (from Part 4: Arthur - Mother)

Makes money.
Wears expensive shoes.
Speaks like a poet.
Is aggressive and loud.
15)

What do the unreliables say about Aunt Frances? (from Part 1: Mother - Tuscon)

That she pays well.
That she is glad to be rid of Alice.
That she is like every white woman.
That she is cruel.
16)

What job does Alice have when she visits Mother after Nonna's funeral? (from Part 3: The Big House - Mother)

She is a teacher.
She is a waitress.
She is a social worker.
She is a counselor.
17)

What does one of Mother's friends ask Alice about? (from Part 4: Arthur - Mother)

Father's sculptures.
Where her husband is.
Her abusive father.
If she inherited her father's gift for music.
18)

What does Mr. Early encourage Alice to do? (from Part 2: The Big House - Arthur)

Move in with Mother.
Become a musician.
Become a poet.
Go to Florida alone.
19)

What kind of poets does Alice say Father liked? (from Part 4: West Seventy-Six - Mother)

Senseless men who spouted jibberish.
Hairy, bearish and mad.
Romantic.
Ivy league approved classics.
20)

Who makes Alice a cake? (from Part 4: Any House - Florida)

Mother.
Aunt Frances.
Duane.
Mrs. Early.
21)

Who cares for Nonna's property? (from Part 2: The Big House - Tucson)

Nonna takes care of it herself.
Her son, Raymond.
Uncle Billy.
Arthur.
22)

How does Alice say that Nonna described Mother? (from Part 3: The Big House - Mother)

As precocious, loud and boisterous.
As eager to please.
As spirited and energetic.
As shy and withdrawn.
23)

What does Miss O'Boyle accuse Alice of when she starts coming home late at night? (from Part 2: The Big House - Arlette's Stories)

Wasting her youth and good looks.
Looking for trouble.
Being like Mother.
Stealing from Nonna.
24)

What secret wish does Alice express after Nonna's funeral? (from Part 3: The Big House - Mother)

To move to Florida.
To have a child.
To be a poet.
To play with the philharmonic.
25)

What is one thing the unreliables take from Aunt Frances? (from Part 1: Mother - Tuscon)

Her television.
Silverware.
Money.
Alice.
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