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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. How does Alice feel about Mr. Early?
(a) She wants to please him.
(b) She is very uncomfortable around him.
(c) She has a crush on him.
(d) She admires him and wants to follow in his footsteps.

2. What does Alice do with some of her inheritance?
(a) Buys a house for Mother.
(b) Buys an apartment in Manhattan.
(c) Buys a house in Florida.
(d) Pays for Mother's medical needs.

3. Who wears a cracked and smelly leather jacket?
(a) Alice.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Father.
(d) Walter.

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

5. What does Arlette say that Nonna once did to Mother?
(a) Forgot to put her in the car for a family trip.
(b) Hit her with an oar.
(c) Dropped her on her head.
(d) Hit her with a car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Alice say Mother sounds when she speaks?

3. What is Alice's main feeling, as expressed in Part One, about being orphaned?

4. What does Mother do that embarrasses Alice when she visits her at the San?

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

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