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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 Aunt Frances tell Alice that there are rules about that she needs to learn?
(a) Dressing and fashion.
(b) Manners.
(c) The Upper Class.
(d) Speaking to adults.

2. What best describes Aunt Frances?
(a) Giving and loving.
(b) Firm, but kind.
(c) Orderly and strict.
(d) Uncertain and lacking confidence.

3. Why does Alice ask Arthur to drive her to the San on a daily drive?
(a) To be close to Mother.
(b) To bring Mother home.
(c) To tell Mother she is leaving with the unreliables.
(d) To bring Mother homemade bread.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Mr. Early doing when he died?

3. What is one thing the unreliables take from Aunt Frances?

4. How does Alice refer to Arthur in Part 1?

5. What is true of Alice's boyfriend?

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