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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. How does Alice say Mother sounds when she speaks?
(a) Excitedly; she seems to echo off the walls.
(b) Quiet, like she hasn't yet woken up.
(c) Uninflectedly, like she's thinking of something else.
(d) Affected, like she is searching for the proper accent.

2. What promise does Alice say she neglected to keep to Mr. Early?
(a) To take his class at a local college.
(b) To attend his retirement party.
(c) To meet him for coffee.
(d) To become a poet.

3. What is Alice's mother's name?
(a) Brenda.
(b) Alice.
(c) Stella.
(d) Rosemarie.

4. What is NOT something that Alice does in Tuscon?
(a) Browses in bookstores.
(b) Swims in the pool.
(c) Rides horses.
(d) Collects stones for jewelry.

5. What secret wish does Alice express after Nonna's funeral?
(a) To be a poet.
(b) To play with the philharmonic.
(c) To move to Florida.
(d) To have a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mother relate to men after the death of Alice's father?

2. Where does Nonna sleep when Alice lives with her?

3. What does Alice promise herself in Part One, when she is 12?

4. What does Arlette say that Nonna once did to Mother?

5. What does Mother bring to her family members on Christmas?

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