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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 will not be like Mother.
(b) That she will live with Mother again.
(c) That she won't let Aunt Frances have Mother's jewelry.
(d) That she will be a poet like Father.

2. How does Nonna react to the straw bag creations of Mother's?
(a) She fusses over silly details.
(b) She calls them cheap.
(c) She beams with pride.
(d) She tosses them aside.

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

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

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

6. What does Alice's family believe is in Florida?
(a) Homes that the working class can afford to buy.
(b) An abundance of sweet, ripe fruits.
(c) Job opportunities for an artist.
(d) Doctors who understand the healing power of nature.

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

8. Where does Alice see a lot of family jewelry, precious silverware, and valuable artwork?
(a) Nonna's house.
(b) The art museum.
(c) Miss O'Boyle's house.
(d) Arlette's house.

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

10. What does Arthur say that Mother gave him?
(a) Money for his medications.
(b) A drawing of his favorite lake.
(c) A Magnavox stereo.
(d) An entire Brittania encyclopedia set.

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

12. What does Alice say is one of her mother's unusual behaviors?
(a) Obsessively turning the faucet off and on.
(b) Licking her fingernails.
(c) Knocking on a doorway before entering a room.
(d) Rubbing her back against walls.

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

14. What is true about Father's death?
(a) Father was drinking.
(b) It's a suspected murder.
(c) It's a suspected suicide.
(d) The train driver was drinking.

15. How old is Alice when her father dies?
(a) She doesn't remember.
(b) It's her 7th birthday.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Arthur?

2. What does Alice worry will harm Arthur?

3. Why is Alice concerned about Arthur in Part One (Father-Mother)?

4. Where does Mother live after she checks out of the San?

5. What does Mother bring to her family members on Christmas?

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