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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Arthur?
(a) An employee at the San.
(b) Mother's boss.
(c) An employee of Aunt Frances.
(d) Alice's school friend.

2. What does Uncle Billy do to some of Nonna's valuable pictures?
(a) He has them framed for her.
(b) He writes his name on the back.
(c) He rehangs them in her bedroom.
(d) He sells them at a pawn shop and gives her the money.

3. What does Alice promise herself in Part One, when she is 12?
(a) That she won't let Aunt Frances have Mother's jewelry.
(b) That she will not be like Mother.
(c) That she will live with Mother again.
(d) That she will be a poet like Father.

4. What does Mother tell Alice they will get when they go to Florida?
(a) A house with a pool.
(b) Blonde and skinny.
(c) Healthy.
(d) A bird.

5. How does Alice scare Arlette when she visits her?
(a) By falling out of a tree.
(b) By almost drowning in an innertube.
(c) By teasing an angry tomcat.
(d) By choking on her dinner.

6. What does Arthur say about Mother in her defense in Part One?
(a) That she understood money was meant to spread joy.
(b) That she loved to shop for gifts.
(c) That she was generous and gave things away.
(d) That her gift was creativity, not accounting.

7. Who hosts a party the summer that Alice is 12?
(a) Uncle Billy.
(b) Arlette.
(c) Alice.
(d) Mother.

8. Who unpacks Mother's things after she goes to the San in Part One?
(a) Aunt Frances and Arlette.
(b) Just Aunt Frances.
(c) Just Alice.
(d) Alice and Aunt Frances.

9. What is The Big House?
(a) Miss O'Boyle's house.
(b) A mental asylum.
(c) An art museum.
(d) Nonna's house.

10. Who is upset about some of the things that Nonna often gives to Alice?
(a) Uncle Billy and Aunt Frances.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Mother.
(d) Miss O'Boyle.

11. What is true about Alice's custody when she visits Mother at the San?
(a) Aunt Frances is suing for custody of Alice.
(b) Mother has lost custody of Alice.
(c) Mother has to go to a custody meeting the next day.
(d) Mother has given up custody of Alice.

12. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?
(a) Show tunes.
(b) Classical.
(c) Rap.
(d) Country.

13. Where does Father die?
(a) In his car.
(b) In the river that flows under Main Street.
(c) In the ravine by the train tracks.
(d) In bed.

14. What does Alice say is in it for her if Nonna dies?
(a) Nothing; she will have to live with Uncle Billy.
(b) Drama and experience.
(c) She hopes to live in the Big House with Arthur.
(d) An inheritance.

15. Who are the unreliables?
(a) Locals on welfare.
(b) Hired help.
(c) Door to door salesmen.
(d) Drifters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Alice when her father dies?

2. What does Miss O'Boyle accuse Alice of when she starts coming home late at night?

3. What does Aunt Frances tell Alice that there are rules about that she needs to learn?

4. When does Mother go to the San in Part One?

5. Where does Nonna sleep when Alice lives with her?

(see the answer keys)

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