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

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

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

4. What does Alice argue with her aunt and uncle about after Arthur's death?
(a) The reason he died.
(b) Who should pay his expenses.
(c) Where Arthur is buried.
(d) Who gets his Magnavox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alice live with at the brownstone at West 76th Street?

2. In the section labeled Father, what does Mother tell Alice to do with her remains when she dies?

3. What does Alice enjoy?

4. What does Alice say she is hoping for in the chapter labeled Short Identifications?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the circumstances of Arthur's death.

2. Why is Nonna kinder to Alice than she is to Mother?

3. Explain why Alice finds herself in a lawyer's office when she is 30-years-old.

4. Was living with Uncle Billy and Aunt Frances good for Alice?

5. Is Mother's interpretation of father's death believable?

6. Describe the life that Alice creates for herself in New York.

7. Is Alice happy at the end of the story?

8. How has Mother and Alice's relationship changed when they are living on different coasts?

9. Describe the role of poetry in Alice's life.

10. Describe Alice's coping mechanism for dealing with hurtful memories of people in her past.

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