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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Arthur headed when he dies?
(a) To a Garden Club Meeting.
(b) Home.
(c) To the airport.
(d) To the hospital.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How long does Alice believe it took for Father to die?
(a) 30 plus years.
(b) The time it takes to give up on the people you love.
(c) A single heartbeat.
(d) 8, 9, or 10 minutes.

12. How does Alice say she misses her mother?
(a) Like a fish misses water.
(b) Like a fish misses a bicycle.
(c) The way I miss a chair when I sit down.
(d) The way I think I will miss her when she dies.

13. What does Mother call her home in Part Four?
(a) The Nunnery.
(b) The Birdcage.
(c) The Land of the Wasted.
(d) The Cattery.

14. What does Mr. Early encourage Alice to do?
(a) Go to Florida alone.
(b) Move in with Mother.
(c) Become a poet.
(d) Become a musician.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What one subject is mentioned that Nonna and Alice talk about?

5. Who does Mother blame for the circumstances of her life?

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