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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 is Alice allowed to do with Mother's possessions as they are unpacked?
(a) Decide who to donate them to.
(b) Look, but not touch.
(c) Select one to keep in her room.
(d) Decide where to keep them.

2. What possession of Mother's does Aunt Frances berate Alice for touching?
(a) Thumb-cut crystal glasses.
(b) Her parent's gold framed wedding photo.
(c) A nude drawing.
(d) The opal earring that Aunt Frances wants to wear.

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

4. How does Alice's Walter die?
(a) He is killed by thugs over a gambling debt.
(b) He has a sudden heart attack.
(c) He is hit by a Geryhound bus.
(d) He overdoses on Perdocan and Scotch.

5. Who does Aunt Frances tell Alice is paying for her living expenses while Mother is in the San?
(a) Mother's Trust.
(b) Uncle Billy.
(c) Nonna.
(d) Arlette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise does Alice say she neglected to keep to Mr. Early?

2. What does Alice express to Mother during their conversation about Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy in Part Three: West 76th Street?

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

4. What seems to be Arlette's role in the family?

5. Who does Alice live with at the brownstone at West 76th Street?

(see the answer key)

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