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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 Alice promise herself in Part One, when she is 12?
(a) That she will live with Mother again.
(b) That she won't let Aunt Frances have Mother's jewelry.
(c) That she will be a poet like Father.
(d) That she will not be like Mother.

2. What does Alice say that Nonna felt about her children?
(a) She never wanted a second child.
(b) She adored her children.
(c) She felt they deserved a better mother.
(d) She never wanted to have children.

3. Who is Arlette?
(a) Alice's cat.
(b) Her relationship is not defined.
(c) Alice's best friend.
(d) Mother's roommate at the San.

4. What does Mother do that embarrasses Alice when she visits her at the San?
(a) Introduces Alice as "my sister."
(b) Cries in public.
(c) Laughs like a crazy woman.
(d) Sits on a piano and sings.

5. Who is Miss O'Boyle?
(a) Mother's nurse.
(b) Nonna's nurse.
(c) The woman Nonna works for.
(d) Alice's social worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is The Big House?

2. What is true about Father's death?

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

4. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?

5. Does Alice want to live with Mother again?

(see the answer key)

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