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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: West Seventy-Six - Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alice describe Aunt Frances' and Uncle Billy's house when she first goes to stay with them?
(a) Like a museum with off limit ropes.
(b) Like a showcase home.
(c) As a no-touch house.
(d) As a TV family house.

2. What promise does Alice say she neglected to keep to Mr. Early?
(a) To become a poet.
(b) To meet him for coffee.
(c) To attend his retirement party.
(d) To take his class at a local college.

3. What does Arlette say that Nonna once did to Mother?
(a) Hit her with a car.
(b) Dropped her on her head.
(c) Hit her with an oar.
(d) Forgot to put her in the car for a family trip.

4. What does Miss O'Boyle accuse Alice of when she starts coming home late at night?
(a) Stealing from Nonna.
(b) Being like Mother.
(c) Wasting her youth and good looks.
(d) Looking for trouble.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mother blame for the circumstances of her life?

2. What does Arlette suggest is the reason that Mother is mentally unstable?

3. Where does Mother live after she checks out of the San?

4. How does Walter respond when Alice asks him to move out of her brownstone?

5. How do Alice and her Walter each deal with their troubled relationship?

(see the answer key)

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