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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice compare her mother's trip to the San to?
(a) Spring, after a long winter.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Florida.
(d) The rebirth of a phoenix.

2. How does Mother relate to men after the death of Alice's father?
(a) She seeks a father figure.
(b) She seeks out troubled men.
(c) She avoids all men.
(d) She is angry at all men.

3. What does Alice say is in it for her if Nonna dies?
(a) She hopes to live in the Big House with Arthur.
(b) Nothing; she will have to live with Uncle Billy.
(c) Drama and experience.
(d) An inheritance.

4. Where does Alice see a lot of family jewelry, precious silverware, and valuable artwork?
(a) Miss O'Boyle's house.
(b) Arlette's house.
(c) The art museum.
(d) Nonna's house.

5. Why does Aunt Frances say that Alice should call her rather than the nurses?
(a) Because family should take care of family.
(b) Because the nurses are unreliable.
(c) So that Alice doesn't have to watch Nonna die.
(d) So Uncle Billy can lock the house when Nonna dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alice refer to Arthur in Part 1?

2. Who is Arthur?

3. What best describes Aunt Frances?

4. What do the unreliables say about Aunt Frances?

5. Who are the unreliables?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Father a happy man?

2. How would you describe Mother's relationships with men?

3. Why do you think Mother makes such extravagant gifts for her family at Christmas?

4. Describe some of Mother's strengths.

5. Who are the primary influences in Alice's life when she is 15?

6. What do you think Alice's family was like before her father's death, based on information in the first chapter of the book?

7. Why is Florida important to Alice?

8. Does Uncle Billy love Alice?

9. Describe Walter's departure.

10. Does Alice relate to the unreliables?

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