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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 possession of Mother's does Aunt Frances berate Alice for touching?
(a) A nude drawing.
(b) Her parent's gold framed wedding photo.
(c) Thumb-cut crystal glasses.
(d) The opal earring that Aunt Frances wants to wear.

2. What is Alice's main concern about living with Mother?
(a) Mother's drinking.
(b) Life is unpredictable and unstable.
(c) Mother's seizures are getting worse.
(d) Life is embarrasing for Alice.

3. Who unpacks Mother's things after she goes to the San in Part One?
(a) Just Alice.
(b) Alice and Aunt Frances.
(c) Aunt Frances and Arlette.
(d) Just Aunt Frances.

4. What does Alice compare her mother's trip to the San to?
(a) The rebirth of a phoenix.
(b) Florida.
(c) Spring, after a long winter.
(d) Nebraska.

5. How does Mother relate to men after the death of Alice's father?
(a) She avoids all men.
(b) She seeks a father figure.
(c) She is angry at all men.
(d) She seeks out troubled men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice promise herself in Part One, when she is 12?

2. Why does Aunt Frances say that Alice should call her rather than the nurses?

3. Where does Mother live after she checks out of the San?

4. What does Florida represent to Alice and mother?

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

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