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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Mother - Arlette's Stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mother use overripe fruit, as described in Part One?
(a) To bake a banana bread.
(b) To bake a fruit cake.
(c) To make a wreath for Christmas.
(d) To decorate a mantle for Christmas.

2. How does Alice scare Arlette when she visits her?
(a) By almost drowning in an innertube.
(b) By teasing an angry tomcat.
(c) By choking on her dinner.
(d) By falling out of a tree.

3. What is Walter's favorite drink?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Ginger ale.
(d) Milk.

4. What does Alice recall eating while her father talked of Florida, in Part One?
(a) Runny eggs.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) An orange.
(d) Grapefruit.

5. When does Mother go to the San in Part One?
(a) On the day that Alice's father dies.
(b) On the day she dresses for a job interview.
(c) One winter when Alice is ten.
(d) One winter after she finishes her painting project.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Arthur?

2. What does Florida represent to Alice and mother?

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

4. How does Alice say Mother sounds when she speaks?

5. Who is Walter?

(see the answer key)

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