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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Mother - Tuscon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alice's main feeling, as expressed in Part One, about being orphaned?
(a) Confused that Mother doesn't stay with her.
(b) Anger that good parents are taken away while bad parents pollute the earth.
(c) Relief that she is no longer abused.
(d) Grief; she barely gets out of bed.

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

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

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

5. Where does Alice go with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy for an annual trip?
(a) Walt Disney Land.
(b) Tuscon.
(c) Lake Kerr.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur say that Mother asked him to do on the way to the San?

2. Who is Aunt Frances?

3. How does Mother relate to men after the death of Alice's father?

4. Who wears a cracked and smelly leather jacket?

5. What is Walter's favorite drink?

(see the answer key)

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