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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 does Mother do to ordinary straw bags, as described in Part One?
(a) Weaves them with fishwire and ribbon.
(b) Makes them into stories with dollhouse trinkets.
(c) Makes party favors for Alice's birthday party.
(d) Turns them into masks.

2. What happens to Walter?
(a) He leaves Alice and her mother.
(b) He dies from a heart attack.
(c) He is mugged and falls into a coma.
(d) He becomes a born again Christian.

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

4. How does life after the death of Alice's father compare to life before his death?
(a) Mother returns to work and the family's financial state is much better after his death.
(b) A burden is lifted and there is hope.
(c) The family environment becomes troubled.
(d) Alice and Mother fight constantly after his death.

5. Who is Arthur?
(a) An employee at the San.
(b) An employee of Aunt Frances.
(c) Mother's boss.
(d) Alice's school friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother tell Alice they will get when they go to Florida?

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

3. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?

4. Who beats broomsticks against the floor?

5. What does Arthur call Mother?

(see the answer key)

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