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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. Why does Aunt Frances say that Alice should call her rather than the nurses?
(a) So Uncle Billy can lock the house when Nonna dies.
(b) Because the nurses are unreliable.
(c) So that Alice doesn't have to watch Nonna die.
(d) Because family should take care of family.

2. What type of feeling does Walter bring to Alice's home?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fear.
(d) Security.

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

4. Why does Miss O'Boyle say that Nonna 's eyes are almost always open, wet and watching?
(a) She doesn't trust Miss O'Boyle.
(b) She doesn't trust Alice.
(c) She watches her parrot.
(d) She doesn't want to miss anything.

5. How does Nonna react to the straw bag creations of Mother's?
(a) She tosses them aside.
(b) She calls them cheap.
(c) She fusses over silly details.
(d) She beams with pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aunt Frances?

2. What does Florida represent to Alice and mother?

3. Who does Alice live with at the brownstone at West 76th Street?

4. How does Walter respond when Alice asks him to move out of her brownstone?

5. Where is Nonna's house located?

(see the answer key)

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