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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 does Mother say was true of Nonna's husband?
(a) He was a cruel and abusive man.
(b) He was a poet.
(c) He had a mistress.
(d) He was devoted to Nonna.

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

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

4. What character trait best describes Walter?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Calculating.
(c) Industrious.
(d) Lazy.

5. What does Mother do to ordinary straw bags, as described in Part One?
(a) Turns them into masks.
(b) Makes them into stories with dollhouse trinkets.
(c) Makes party favors for Alice's birthday party.
(d) Weaves them with fishwire and ribbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice say she feels like, living with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy?

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

3. What does Uncle Billy do to some of Nonna's valuable pictures?

4. When does Mother go to the San in Part One?

5. What does Arthur say that Mother asked him to do on the way to the San?

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