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

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

3. What does Alice argue with her aunt and uncle about after Arthur's death?
(a) Who should pay his expenses.
(b) Where Arthur is buried.
(c) Who gets his Magnavox.
(d) The reason he died.

4. What is one thing the unreliables take from Aunt Frances?
(a) Silverware.
(b) Alice.
(c) Her television.
(d) Money.

5. Why doesn't Mother attend the funeral in Part Three?
(a) She has not forgiven the deceased.
(b) She refuses to step foot in the Big House.
(c) She is not notified in time.
(d) She has been committed again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mr. Early doing when he died?

2. What does Alice learn that Mother has been doing in Part Four: Arthur-Mother?

3. What does Aunt Frances make Alice do?

4. What is Alice allowed to do with Mother's possessions as they are unpacked?

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

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