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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Big House - Arthur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother do that embarrasses Alice when she visits her at the San?
(a) Sits on a piano and sings.
(b) Introduces Alice as "my sister."
(c) Laughs like a crazy woman.
(d) Cries in public.

2. What does Uncle Billy ask Alice at the party the summer that she is 12?
(a) If she is happy living with them.
(b) How she feels about living with Mother again.
(c) What she wants to be when she grows up.
(d) If she knows how her father died.

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

4. What best describes Mother before she goes to the San?
(a) Creative and flamboyant.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Depressed and suicidal.
(d) Thin and bulimic.

5. What is true of Mother when Alice visits her at the San?
(a) She is calm.
(b) She has grown fat.
(c) She has lost a lot of weight.
(d) She is jittery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arlette say that Nonna once did to Mother?

2. What does Mother wear when Alice visits her at the San?

3. Where does Father die?

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

5. How does Nonna react to the straw bag creations of Mother's?

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