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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. How did Alice and Mr. Early keep in touch until his death?
(a) Phone calls.
(b) Letters.
(c) Meeting for coffee.
(d) Email.

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

3. What does Alice expect when she visits her mother in the last chapter?
(a) That Mother will be unable to speak.
(b) That she will pay more than she can afford for Mother's burial.
(c) That Mother will die.
(d) That the nurses will have plans for Mother's room.

4. How does Mother relate to men after the death of Alice's father?
(a) She is angry at all men.
(b) She seeks out troubled men.
(c) She avoids all men.
(d) She seeks a father figure.

5. What does Alice say she and her students mourn?
(a) A teacher like Mr. Early.
(b) A culture that appreciated words.
(c) Dead poets.
(d) Leather-bound books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the unreliables say about Aunt Frances?

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

3. What does Arthur say that Mother gave him?

4. What does Mr. Early notice about Alice?

5. What is the last word that Mother speaks in the novel?

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