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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. Where does Alice see a lot of family jewelry, precious silverware, and valuable artwork?
(a) Miss O'Boyle's house.
(b) The art museum.
(c) Arlette's house.
(d) Nonna's house.

2. What does Alice say is one of her mother's unusual behaviors?
(a) Knocking on a doorway before entering a room.
(b) Rubbing her back against walls.
(c) Obsessively turning the faucet off and on.
(d) Licking her fingernails.

3. What is true about Nonna?
(a) She is very active and loves to swim.
(b) She is blind.
(c) She has fostered over 20 children.
(d) She cannot speak.

4. Who beats broomsticks against the floor?
(a) Alice.
(b) Aunt Frances.
(c) The upstairs neighbor.
(d) Mother.

5. How does Alice become an orphan?
(a) Father is institutionalized and Mother leaves for Florida.
(b) Her father dies and Mother is institutionalized.
(c) Her father leaves and Mother dies in a car crash.
(d) Both her parents are hit by a bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Alice want to live with Mother again?

2. After her mother is gone, what does Alice say is a reason that she should still be around?

3. How old is Alice when she goes to live with Nonna?

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

5. What does Arthur say about Mother in her defense in Part One?

(see the answer key)

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