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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Arthur - Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes Aunt Frances?
(a) Uncertain and lacking confidence.
(b) Giving and loving.
(c) Firm, but kind.
(d) Orderly and strict.

2. What is true about Father's death?
(a) Father was drinking.
(b) It's a suspected murder.
(c) The train driver was drinking.
(d) It's a suspected suicide.

3. What does Arthur say that Mother gave him?
(a) A drawing of his favorite lake.
(b) Money for his medications.
(c) An entire Brittania encyclopedia set.
(d) A Magnavox stereo.

4. What does Mother say of Arlette's appearance?
(a) She's as pretty as dog chew.
(b) She's as pretty as a pail of worms.
(c) Her good looks are wasted.
(d) She chased her good looks away on the last train.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mother live with when Alice goes to visit her after Nonna's funeral?

2. What is true about Alice's custody when she visits Mother at the San?

3. How do the members of Mother's family react to the gifts she gives them at Christmas?

4. What does Florida represent to Alice and mother?

5. Why does Alice first return to the Big House years after leaving?

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