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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice compare her mother's trip to the San to?

2. What does Alice say is one of her mother's unusual behaviors?

3. What is Alice's mother's name?

4. What does Alice's family believe is in Florida?

5. How is mother treated by her mother and other family members?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Alice relate to the unreliables?

2. Explain the circumstances that lead to Alice becoming an orphan.

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

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

5. Describe some of Mother's strengths.

6. How does Alice feel about going back to live with Mother after she is institutionalized and Alice moves in with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy?

7. Explain if you believe that Alice is happy living with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy.

8. How does Alice compare Walter and Father?

9. Is Aunt Frances selfish?

10. How does Nonna feel about Mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What motivates the greed, if you think they are greedy, of the following characters in the story: Uncle Billy, Alice, Mother, Aunt Frances?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think 15-year-old Alice's behavior of staying out late and being involved with boys is understandable, immoral or risky? Explain your answers to each of these three judgments with evidence from the story and your own personal opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Alice has multiple parental figures, good and bad, in Florida. Answer the following questions using examples from the story.

Who is a better mother: Mother or Nonna?

Who is a better father figure for Alice: Mr. Early or Arthur?

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