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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 happens to Father when Alice is five?
(a) He goes to buy milk and is hit by a train.
(b) He goes to meet a business partner and never returns.
(c) He drives off one night and never returns.
(d) He is abducted.

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

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

4. What does Uncle Billy do to some of Nonna's valuable pictures?
(a) He rehangs them in her bedroom.
(b) He writes his name on the back.
(c) He sells them at a pawn shop and gives her the money.
(d) He has them framed for her.

5. Who are the unreliables?
(a) Door to door salesmen.
(b) Locals on welfare.
(c) Drifters.
(d) Hired help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Alice's father want to bring Alice and Mother to Florida?

2. What does Arlette suggest is the reason that Mother is mentally unstable?

3. How does Alice describe Aunt Frances' and Uncle Billy's house when she first goes to stay with them?

4. What does Arthur do for mother?

5. Who does Aunt Frances tell Alice is paying for her living expenses while Mother is in the San?

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