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

2. Where does Father die?
(a) In his car.
(b) In bed.
(c) In the river that flows under Main Street.
(d) In the ravine by the train tracks.

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

4. How is mother treated by her mother and other family members?
(a) She is handled with kid gloves.
(b) She is unappreciated.
(c) She is respected.
(d) She is used and abused.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Alice's main feeling, as expressed in Part One, about being orphaned?

3. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?

4. How does Alice say that Arthur dies?

5. What does Mother bring to her family members on Christmas?

(see the answer key)

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