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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 live with Mother again.
(c) That she will not be like Mother.
(d) That she will be a poet like Father.

2. How does Alice describe Aunt Frances' and Uncle Billy's house when she first goes to stay with them?
(a) Like a museum with off limit ropes.
(b) As a no-touch house.
(c) Like a showcase home.
(d) As a TV family house.

3. Where does Alice go with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy for an annual trip?
(a) Florida.
(b) Tuscon.
(c) Lake Kerr.
(d) Walt Disney Land.

4. What does Uncle Billy ask Alice at the party the summer that she is 12?
(a) If she is happy living with them.
(b) If she knows how her father died.
(c) What she wants to be when she grows up.
(d) How she feels about living with Mother again.

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

6. After her mother is gone, what does Alice say is a reason that she should still be around?
(a) They share the same name.
(b) She had promised to take Alice to Florida.
(c) She was a good mother.
(d) Father will come back looking for her.

7. What best describes Walter's appearance?
(a) Soft curves and sharp eyes.
(b) Disappointed mouth and Einstein hair.
(c) Losing hair and scruffy.
(d) Fat and overgrown with hair.

8. 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.

9. How does Walter make Mother feel about herself?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Stupid and incompetent.
(c) Needed and nurturing.
(d) Like she is a better person than she used to be.

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

11. What does Arthur do for mother?
(a) Carries her groceries.
(b) Mows her lawn.
(c) Buys her lunch.
(d) Drives her to the San.

12. What does Uncle Billy tell Alice her mother needs?
(a) Psychological therapy.
(b) Rest.
(c) A man.
(d) Medical treatment.

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

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

15. How does Mother use overripe fruit, as described in Part One?
(a) To bake a banana bread.
(b) To make a wreath for Christmas.
(c) To bake a fruit cake.
(d) To decorate a mantle for Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Arthur?

2. What best describes Alice's life with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy?

3. What best describes Mother's life in the Mother-Arlette section of Part One?

4. What does Alice compare her mother's trip to the San to?

5. What does Mother wear when Alice visits her at the San?

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