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

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

3. Who does Alice live with at the brownstone at West 76th Street?
(a) Gloria, her roommate.
(b) Walter, her boyfriend.
(c) Walter, her husband.
(d) Gloria, her talking bird.

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

5. What does Alice say is in it for her if Nonna dies?
(a) Nothing; she will have to live with Uncle Billy.
(b) An inheritance.
(c) She hopes to live in the Big House with Arthur.
(d) Drama and experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Frances make Alice do?

2. Where does Alice go to visit Mother in Part Three: West 76th Street?

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

4. What is true of Alice's boyfriend?

5. Who are the unreliables?

(see the answer key)

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