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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Walter respond when Alice asks him to move out of her brownstone?
(a) He says he will only leave if she pays him.
(b) He threatens her and hits her.
(c) He promises he can change.
(d) He leaves immediately, swearing.

3. What one subject is mentioned that Nonna and Alice talk about?
(a) Mother and Father.
(b) Mental asylums.
(c) The history of objects in The Big House.
(d) Poetry.

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

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

6. In the section labeled Father, what does Mother tell Alice to do with her remains when she dies?
(a) Scatter her remains near the water.
(b) Bury her in the Fivey family plot.
(c) Scatter them anywhere.
(d) Bury her with Father.

7. What secret wish does Alice express after Nonna's funeral?
(a) To be a poet.
(b) To play with the philharmonic.
(c) To move to Florida.
(d) To have a child.

8. How do Alice and her Walter each deal with their troubled relationship?
(a) They both drink and he hits her.
(b) He drinks and she plays the slots.
(c) She drinks and he gambles.
(d) She smokes pot and he drinks.

9. How old is Alice in Part Four: West 76th-Mother?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty-eight, again.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Fifty.

10. Where does Alice go to visit Mother in Part Three: West 76th Street?
(a) California.
(b) A hospital.
(c) Florida.
(d) A mental asylum.

11. What health problem does Uncle Billy have in the last part of the story?
(a) Heart problems.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Sleep Apnea.
(d) Breathing problems.

12. What type of a place is the location where Mother lives in Part Four?
(a) A trailer.
(b) A nursing home.
(c) A singles apartment.
(d) A rehab clinic.

13. What does Alice say that Nonna felt about her children?
(a) She never wanted to have children.
(b) She adored her children.
(c) She never wanted a second child.
(d) She felt they deserved a better mother.

14. Where does Alice say that Father is buried?
(a) Far from the church he attended.
(b) With his parents.
(c) Near the church he attended.
(d) In the plot adjacent to Nonna and her husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Early notice about Alice?

2. What does Alice say that Nonna claimed Mother lied about?

3. What does Alice argue with her aunt and uncle about after Arthur's death?

4. What was Mr. Early doing when he died?

5. What does Alice tell Mr. Early about Father?

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