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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 does Alice refer to Arthur in Part 1?
(a) A part of the family.
(b) A grandfather.
(c) A slave.
(d) An indentured servant.

2. What does Arthur say that Mother asked him to do on the way to the San?
(a) Stop for a milkshake.
(b) Drive faster.
(c) Take her home.
(d) Take her out of state.

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

4. What does Alice learn that Mother has been doing in Part Four: Arthur-Mother?
(a) Pretending she has just left her husband.
(b) Telling people she never married.
(c) Lying about Father's profession.
(d) Saying Father is still alive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alice become an orphan?

2. Who is Arlette?

3. What does Alice say is one of her mother's unusual behaviors?

4. What does Alice argue with her aunt and uncle about after Arthur's death?

5. After her mother is gone, what does Alice say is a reason that she should still be around?

(see the answer key)

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