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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 does Aunt Frances make Alice do?
(a) Cut her hair short.
(b) Let her hair grow long.
(c) Take two baths a day.
(d) Attend an etiquette class.

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

3. Who beats broomsticks against the floor?
(a) Alice.
(b) The upstairs neighbor.
(c) Aunt Frances.
(d) Mother.

4. How do the members of Mother's family react to the gifts she gives them at Christmas?
(a) They are hurt.
(b) They are angry.
(c) They are pleased.
(d) They make no comment.

5. What does Alice say is one of her mother's unusual behaviors?
(a) Rubbing her back against walls.
(b) Obsessively turning the faucet off and on.
(c) Licking her fingernails.
(d) Knocking on a doorway before entering a room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes Aunt Frances?

2. What happens to Walter?

3. What is Alice allowed to do with Mother's possessions as they are unpacked?

4. What does Walter do while listening to music?

5. How old is Alice when her father dies?

(see the answer key)

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