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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Alice want to live with Mother again?
(a) She dreads having to live with her again.
(b) She deparately wants to live with her again.
(c) She is conflicted, as her life is now stable.
(d) She is angry at having to make a choice.

2. What does Mother say of Arlette's appearance?
(a) Her good looks are wasted.
(b) She chased her good looks away on the last train.
(c) She's as pretty as a pail of worms.
(d) She's as pretty as dog chew.

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

4. What does Arthur call Mother?
(a) Allie.
(b) Mrs. Bennet.
(c) Miss Alice.
(d) Sugar.

5. What does Florida represent to Alice and mother?
(a) Healing and health.
(b) A solution to their financial woes.
(c) Utopia and an escape.
(d) A place to find Alice's father.

6. What is Alice's main feeling, as expressed in Part One, about being orphaned?
(a) Relief that she is no longer abused.
(b) Anger that good parents are taken away while bad parents pollute the earth.
(c) Grief; she barely gets out of bed.
(d) Confused that Mother doesn't stay with her.

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

8. What is Alice's main concern about living with Mother?
(a) Mother's drinking.
(b) Life is embarrasing for Alice.
(c) Life is unpredictable and unstable.
(d) Mother's seizures are getting worse.

9. Who is Walter?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) Alice's uncle.
(c) Alice's pet cat.
(d) Mother's boyfriend.

10. Who is Aunt Frances?
(a) Mother's sister-in-law.
(b) Father's 98-year-old aunt.
(c) An employee at the San.
(d) The old lady who lives next door.

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

12. Where is Nonna's house located?
(a) In the city, next to an art museum.
(b) In front of a vast expanse of protected government land.
(c) Down the street from the San.
(d) Across the lake from Uncle Billy's house.

13. Where do Alice and Arthur sometimes nap?
(a) At the park.
(b) In the car.
(c) By the pool.
(d) On the floor in front of the TV.

14. What does Alice recall eating while her father talked of Florida, in Part One?
(a) Runny eggs.
(b) An orange.
(c) Grapefruit.
(d) Oatmeal.

15. What does Mother wear when Alice visits her at the San?
(a) Stiletto heels.
(b) A blouse with bleach spots.
(c) Fuzzy slippers.
(d) A discolored wig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alice see a lot of family jewelry, precious silverware, and valuable artwork?

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

3. What does Arthur say about Mother in her defense in Part One?

4. What does Alice worry will harm Arthur?

5. What does Mother do that embarrasses Alice when she visits her at the San?

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