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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. How does Nonna react to the straw bag creations of Mother's?
(a) She tosses them aside.
(b) She beams with pride.
(c) She calls them cheap.
(d) She fusses over silly details.

2. Who wears a cracked and smelly leather jacket?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Father.
(c) Walter.
(d) Alice.

3. What does Walter do while listening to music?
(a) Play games.
(b) Howl.
(c) Smoke cigarettes.
(d) Rest and stretch.

4. What does Arlette say that Nonna once did to Mother?
(a) Dropped her on her head.
(b) Hit her with a car.
(c) Hit her with an oar.
(d) Forgot to put her in the car for a family trip.

5. What does Mother wear when Alice visits her at the San?
(a) A blouse with bleach spots.
(b) Fuzzy slippers.
(c) Stiletto heels.
(d) A discolored wig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of music does Walter enjoy?

2. How does Alice describe Aunt Frances' and Uncle Billy's house when she first goes to stay with them?

3. What does Arlette suggest is the reason that Mother is mentally unstable?

4. What does Mother tell Alice they will get when they go to Florida?

5. What do the unreliables say about Aunt Frances?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alice call the San Mother's Florida?

2. How does Arthur help to form an image of Mother?

3. Describe Walter's departure.

4. Does Alice relate to the unreliables?

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

6. Is Uncle Billy satisfied with his life?

7. Describe Mother's unusual behavior in the first chapter of Florida.

8. Is Alice a responsible teenager at age 15?

9. Is Alice destined to follow in Mother's footsteps?

10. How is Arthur's presence during Mother's trip to the San in Part One: Mother-Arthur important?

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