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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. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?
(a) Show tunes.
(b) Classical.
(c) Country.
(d) Rap.

2. Who hosts a party the summer that Alice is 12?
(a) Arlette.
(b) Alice.
(c) Uncle Billy.
(d) Mother.

3. What best describes Walter's appearance?
(a) Soft curves and sharp eyes.
(b) Disappointed mouth and Einstein hair.
(c) Fat and overgrown with hair.
(d) Losing hair and scruffy.

4. What does Mother tell Alice they will get when they go to Florida?
(a) A bird.
(b) Blonde and skinny.
(c) A house with a pool.
(d) Healthy.

5. What does Alice say she feels like, living with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy?
(a) The daughter they never had.
(b) An honored guest.
(c) Unwanted.
(d) A visitor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes Mother's life in the Mother-Arlette section of Part One?

2. What does Mother do to ordinary straw bags, as described in Part One?

3. What does Mother wear on the last day Alice sees her in Part One (Mother-Arthur)?

4. When does Mother go to the San in Part One?

5. What does Alice say is one of her mother's unusual behaviors?

(see the answer key)

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