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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Big House - Tucson.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Aunt Frances tell Alice is paying for her living expenses while Mother is in the San?
(a) Uncle Billy.
(b) Arlette.
(c) Nonna.
(d) Mother's Trust.

2. What is Alice allowed to do with Mother's possessions as they are unpacked?
(a) Decide where to keep them.
(b) Select one to keep in her room.
(c) Decide who to donate them to.
(d) Look, but not touch.

3. Who is Miss O'Boyle?
(a) Alice's social worker.
(b) Mother's nurse.
(c) Nonna's nurse.
(d) The woman Nonna works for.

4. What does Alice ask Arthur when he looks tired?
(a) How he is sleeping.
(b) If he needs to rest.
(c) If he is taking his medication.
(d) Where the bus stop is.

5. What does Arthur say about Mother in her defense in Part One?
(a) That she loved to shop for gifts.
(b) That she was generous and gave things away.
(c) That she understood money was meant to spread joy.
(d) That her gift was creativity, not accounting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nonna?

2. What is one thing the unreliables take from Aunt Frances?

3. How old is Alice when her father dies?

4. What character trait best describes Walter?

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

(see the answer key)

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