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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Arthur - Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of Mother's friends ask Alice about?
(a) If she inherited her father's gift for music.
(b) Where her husband is.
(c) Father's sculptures.
(d) Her abusive father.

2. Who is Nonna?
(a) A foster mother.
(b) Aunt Frances's grandmother.
(c) Alice's grandmother.
(d) A nurse who lives with Alice's grandmother.

3. What does Alice ask Arthur when he looks tired?
(a) How he is sleeping.
(b) Where the bus stop is.
(c) If he is taking his medication.
(d) If he needs to rest.

4. Who is Aunt Frances?
(a) Father's 98-year-old aunt.
(b) An employee at the San.
(c) Mother's sister-in-law.
(d) The old lady who lives next door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur do for mother?

2. What does Aunt Frances make Alice do?

3. What is Alice's main feeling, as expressed in Part One, about being orphaned?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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