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

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

3. What does Alice compare her mother's trip to the San to?
(a) The rebirth of a phoenix.
(b) Spring, after a long winter.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Florida.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After her mother is gone, what does Alice say is a reason that she should still be around?

3. What is Alice's mother's name?

4. What happens to Walter?

5. What does Walter do while listening to music?

(see the answer key)

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