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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice tell Mr. Early about Father?
(a) That he was going to take her to Florida.
(b) That he killed himself.
(c) That he wanted to be a poet.
(d) That she looks just like him.

2. Where does Mother live at the time of Nonna's funeral?
(a) Florida.
(b) The San.
(c) California.
(d) The Big House.

3. Why doesn't Mother attend the funeral in Part Three?
(a) She has not forgiven the deceased.
(b) She refuses to step foot in the Big House.
(c) She is not notified in time.
(d) She has been committed again.

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

5. What kind of poets does Alice say Father liked?
(a) Hairy, bearish and mad.
(b) Senseless men who spouted jibberish.
(c) Ivy league approved classics.
(d) Romantic.

6. What does Alice say she misses about men in the Any House chapter?
(a) Their money.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Their touching ways.
(d) Someone as messed up as me.

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

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

9. Where do Alice and Aunt Frances go together in the final chapter?
(a) On a boat tour.
(b) To visit Mother.
(c) On a jeep ride to the mountains.
(d) For a walk around the lake.

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

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

12. What item of Uncle Billy's does Alice show to Mother in Part Four?
(a) A milk punch recipe.
(b) His birthday card.
(c) A card he sent to Mother.
(d) An arrowhead from his collection.

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

14. Who does Alice live with at the brownstone at West 76th Street?
(a) Gloria, her talking bird.
(b) Gloria, her roommate.
(c) Walter, her husband.
(d) Walter, her boyfriend.

15. What does Mother tell Alice was found in Father's car after he died?
(a) A present for Alice.
(b) A present for Mother.
(c) A brochure for Daytona Beach.
(d) His briefcase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice say she and her students mourn?

2. What does Mr. Early encourage Alice to do?

3. Who replaces Arthur?

4. Who does she think of to balance her thoughts of the hurtful people in her life?

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

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