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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Any House - Florida.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What possession of Mother's does Aunt Frances berate Alice for touching?
(a) Thumb-cut crystal glasses.
(b) Her parent's gold framed wedding photo.
(c) The opal earring that Aunt Frances wants to wear.
(d) A nude drawing.

2. How does Alice say that Arthur dies?
(a) An accidental drowning.
(b) A car accident.
(c) Cancer.
(d) He is murdered.

3. What does Arlette say that Nonna once did to Mother?
(a) Forgot to put her in the car for a family trip.
(b) Hit her with an oar.
(c) Dropped her on her head.
(d) Hit her with a car.

4. What does Alice worry will harm Arthur?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Steroid medication.
(d) Aunt Frances' demands.

5. Where does Mother live at the time of Nonna's funeral?
(a) Florida.
(b) California.
(c) The San.
(d) The Big House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother do to ordinary straw bags, as described in Part One?

2. What is true of Mother when Alice visits her at the San?

3. What is the San?

4. Alice quotes someone, maybe her father, as saying, "A man sounds like money when he-"

5. Why does Miss O'Boyle say that Nonna 's eyes are almost always open, wet and watching?

(see the answer key)

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