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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 was Mr. Early doing when he died?
(a) Marching in a parade.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Reciting a poem.
(d) Gerdening.

2. Where does Mother live after she checks out of the San?
(a) In Florida with a woman from the San.
(b) At the Big House.
(c) With Arlette.
(d) Someplace warm with a man from the San.

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

4. Who put coffee in their child's milk bottle?
(a) Arlette's neighbor.
(b) Nonna.
(c) Mother.
(d) A woman mother meets at the San.

5. 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 be a poet like Father.
(d) That she will not be like Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur say about Mother in her defense in Part One?

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

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

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

5. What best describes Aunt Frances?

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