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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Big House - Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Alice have when she visits Mother after Nonna's funeral?
(a) She is a waitress.
(b) She is a social worker.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a counselor.

2. Why does Alice ask Arthur to drive her to the San on a daily drive?
(a) To bring Mother homemade bread.
(b) To tell Mother she is leaving with the unreliables.
(c) To bring Mother home.
(d) To be close to Mother.

3. How does Nonna react to the straw bag creations of Mother's?
(a) She calls them cheap.
(b) She beams with pride.
(c) She tosses them aside.
(d) She fusses over silly details.

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

5. What do the unreliables say about Aunt Frances?
(a) That she pays well.
(b) That she is like every white woman.
(c) That she is glad to be rid of Alice.
(d) That she is cruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character trait best describes Walter?

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

3. What best describes Aunt Frances?

4. Who is Nonna?

5. What secret wish does Alice express after Nonna's funeral?

(see the answer key)

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