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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice expect when she visits her mother in the last chapter?
(a) That Mother will be unable to speak.
(b) That she will pay more than she can afford for Mother's burial.
(c) That the nurses will have plans for Mother's room.
(d) That Mother will die.

2. What does Alice do at the end of Part Two:The Big House- Arthur?
(a) She get a job taking tickets at the art museum.
(b) She moves out of The Big House.
(c) She hitchhikes to Florida.
(d) She steals one of Nonna's paintings to sell.

3. What does Alice express to Mother during their conversation about Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy in Part Three: West 76th Street?
(a) Relief that Mother lost custody of her.
(b) Gratitude for having Mother still in her life.
(c) Anger that Mother lost custody of her.
(d) Determination never to become like Mother.

4. Who is Mr. Early?
(a) Mother's new boyfriend.
(b) A piano teacher.
(c) A famous local painter.
(d) A high school English teacher.

5. Who makes Alice a cake?
(a) Duane.
(b) Mother.
(c) Aunt Frances.
(d) Mrs. Early.

6. Who replaces Arthur?
(a) Mr. Lee.
(b) Robert.
(c) John.
(d) Duane.

7. Why is Alice in a lawyer's office?
(a) To figure out what she owes Walter's estate.
(b) To deal with Nonna's estate.
(c) To avoid forecolsure on her brownstone.
(d) To deal with Arhtur's estate.

8. Who does she think of to balance her thoughts of the hurtful people in her life?
(a) Her future children.
(b) Mr. Early and kind teachers.
(c) A storybook family.
(d) Arthur carrying her on his back.

9. Who calls Alice to tell her about Mr. Early's death?
(a) Mother.
(b) Aunt Frances.
(c) Mrs. Early.
(d) Arlette.

10. How does Alice describe Mr. Early when he taught high school?
(a) The unexpected man who no one recognizes once he speaks.
(b) An endless fountain of words, energy and hope.
(c) Dancing on his toes, whooping over the sounds the poet makes.
(d) Bursting out of his ill fitting suit with prose and poetry.

11. How is Nonna described in Part Two:The Big House-Arthur?
(a) As having a hardened heart.
(b) As being heartless.
(c) As being soft-hearted.
(d) As having a heart of stone.

12. How does Alice feel about Mr. Early?
(a) She has a crush on him.
(b) She admires him and wants to follow in his footsteps.
(c) She wants to please him.
(d) She is very uncomfortable around him.

13. Where is Arthur when he dies, according to events in Part Four?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) In the river.
(c) By the side of the road.
(d) Home.

14. Where do Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy live when Alice visits them in Part Four?
(a) Tucson.
(b) Babados.
(c) Florida.
(d) The Big House.

15. What does Alice argue with her aunt and uncle about after Arthur's death?
(a) Who should pay his expenses.
(b) Where Arthur is buried.
(c) Who gets his Magnavox.
(d) The reason he died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice learn that Mother has been doing in Part Four: Arthur-Mother?

2. How old is Alice in Part Four: West 76th-Mother?

3. What does Alice say was Nonna's opinion of Father?

4. Where does Alice go to visit Mother in Part Three: West 76th Street?

5. What is the last word that Mother speaks in the novel?

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