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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. Alice quotes someone, maybe her father, as saying, "A man sounds like money when he-"

2. What does Mother tell Alice was found in Father's car after he died?

3. Where does Alice say that Father is buried?

4. How old is Alice in Part Four: West 76th-Mother?

5. What secret wish does Alice express after Nonna's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alice repeat her mother's mistakes?

2. What is the impact of Mr. Early's death on Alice?

3. Describe Alice's Walter.

4. Describe the relationship between Mother and Nonna.

5. Is it right for Alice to ask her Mother to sign over access to Mother's trust fund?

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

7. What is Alice's Florida when she is in high school?

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

9. How is Arthur's death handled by Alice's family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the following events contributed to Alice's coming of age in the novel.

1) Mother going to the San.

2) Moving to the Big House.

3) Arthur's death.

Essay Topic 2

Alice and Mother are the most central characters of the novel.

1) Explain how the power of their shared names impacts both figures.

2) Who is more strongly affected by her own mother: Mother or Alice? Explain.

3) Is Mother or Alice a more generous person? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Much of Florida is illustrated through the power of contrast. Select two of the pairings below. Compare and contrast the people, places or events and discuss how the resulting contrasts are used to develop characters or plot lines:

Father and Walter.

The Big House and the San.

Mr. Early and Father.

Life before Father's death and life after Father's Death.

Florida and New York, or Florida and Tuscon.

Aunt Frances and Mother.

Aunt Frances and the Unreliables.

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