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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true about Father's death?
(a) The train driver was drinking.
(b) It's a suspected murder.
(c) Father was drinking.
(d) It's a suspected suicide.

2. How does Walter make Mother feel about herself?
(a) Needed and nurturing.
(b) Stupid and incompetent.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Like she is a better person than she used to be.

3. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?
(a) Classical.
(b) Show tunes.
(c) Rap.
(d) Country.

4. How does Alice describe Aunt Frances' and Uncle Billy's house when she first goes to stay with them?
(a) Like a museum with off limit ropes.
(b) As a no-touch house.
(c) Like a showcase home.
(d) As a TV family house.

5. Does Alice want to live with Mother again?
(a) She is angry at having to make a choice.
(b) She dreads having to live with her again.
(c) She is conflicted, as her life is now stable.
(d) She deparately wants to live with her again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alice refer to as the Bobs and Ricks?

2. Who is Walter?

3. What does Mother wear on the last day Alice sees her in Part One (Mother-Arthur)?

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

5. How does Alice say that Arthur dies?

(see the answer key)

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