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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice say was Nonna's opinion of Father?
(a) Artistic, but unrealistic.
(b) Too good for Mother.
(c) Upbeat and encouraging.
(d) Mopey and depressed.

2. What does Mother say about Nonna's feelings for her children?
(a) That she was overprotective and worried constantly.
(b) That she resented both of her children.
(c) That she ignored both of her children.
(d) That she only had room in her heart for Billy.

3. Why is Mother's appearance changed when Alice goes to visit her after Nonna's funeral?
(a) She is bald from the chemotherapy.
(b) She has bulimia and has lost weight.
(c) She is tanned and healthyl
(d) She has dyed her hair red.

4. How does Alice say that Nonna described Mother?
(a) As spirited and energetic.
(b) As shy and withdrawn.
(c) As eager to please.
(d) As precocious, loud and boisterous.

5. How do Nonna and Alice communicate?
(a) By writing on a slate.
(b) With hand gestures.
(c) With Miss O'Boyle as a translator.
(d) By writing on a spiral notepad.

6. Who does Mother live with when Alice goes to visit her after Nonna's funeral?
(a) Her cats.
(b) Mr. Early.
(c) Aunt Frances.
(d) Another woman she met at the San.

7. What does Alice say that Nonna claimed Mother lied about?
(a) Mother's abuse.
(b) Stealing Nonna's paintings.
(c) Nonna's husband having an affair.
(d) Secretly dating Father.

8. What does Alice learn that Mother has been doing in Part Four: Arthur-Mother?
(a) Telling people she never married.
(b) Pretending she has just left her husband.
(c) Lying about Father's profession.
(d) Saying Father is still alive.

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

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

11. What does Mr. Early notice about Alice?
(a) That she shows a sensibility for literature.
(b) That she has a habit of going unnoticed.
(c) That she has an eye for art.
(d) That she looks and acts just like her mother.

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

13. Who does Mother blame for the circumstances of her life?
(a) Father.
(b) Herself.
(c) Alice.
(d) Her family.

14. What is true of Alice's boyfriend?
(a) He is older and unattractive.
(b) He is older and very handsome.
(c) He is younger and an athlete.
(d) He is younger and acne prone.

15. Alice quotes someone, maybe her father, as saying, "A man sounds like money when he-"
(a) Is aggressive and loud.
(b) Makes money.
(c) Speaks like a poet.
(d) Wears expensive shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Arthur headed when he dies?

2. What does Alice ask Mother to sign in Part Four?

3. What type of a place is the location where Mother lives in Part Four?

4. How do Alice and her Walter each deal with their troubled relationship?

5. What does Mother call her home in Part Four?

(see the answer keys)

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