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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the San?
(a) A hospital.
(b) An office complex.
(c) A mental asylum.
(d) A museum.

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

4. What does Alice ask Arthur when he looks tired?
(a) If he is taking his medication.
(b) Where the bus stop is.
(c) How he is sleeping.
(d) If he needs to rest.

5. What is NOT something that Alice does in Tuscon?
(a) Collects stones for jewelry.
(b) Browses in bookstores.
(c) Swims in the pool.
(d) Rides horses.

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

7. Who says, "Here's to you, here's to me, here's to our new home!"?
(a) Alice.
(b) Mother.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Father.

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

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

10. What happens to Walter?
(a) He leaves Alice and her mother.
(b) He is mugged and falls into a coma.
(c) He becomes a born again Christian.
(d) He dies from a heart attack.

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

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

14. What is Alice's mother's name?
(a) Rosemarie.
(b) Alice.
(c) Stella.
(d) Brenda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is mother treated by her mother and other family members?

2. What does Uncle Billy ask Alice at the party the summer that she is 12?

3. What does Arlette suggest is the reason that Mother is mentally unstable?

4. What does Arlette say that Nonna once did to Mother?

5. How does Alice describe Aunt Frances' and Uncle Billy's house when she first goes to stay with them?

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