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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 did Alice and Mr. Early keep in touch until his death?
(a) Meeting for coffee.
(b) Email.
(c) Letters.
(d) Phone calls.

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

3. Who does Alice refer to as the Bobs and Ricks?
(a) The boys she dates.
(b) Boring men, unlike Father.
(c) People like Arthur.
(d) The men Mother dated before Walter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aunt Frances tell Alice is paying for her living expenses while Mother is in the San?

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

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

4. Why does Miss O'Boyle say that Nonna 's eyes are almost always open, wet and watching?

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

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