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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 enjoy?

2. Where do Alice and Aunt Frances go together in the final chapter?

3. What is true of Alice's boyfriend?

4. How does Alice say she misses her mother?

5. What does Alice tell Mr. Early about Father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the most positive father figure in Alice's life?

3. Does Alice love Uncle Billy and Aunt Frances?

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

5. How does Mother remind Alice of Nonna during her time at the Birdcage?

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

7. Describe Mother's life when Alice visits her in California.

8. Describe the relationship between Mother and Nonna.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Money is a constant theme in Florida. Answer the following questions regarding money.

1) Why is Alice so quick to pay her Walter to leave?

2) How would the story be different if Alice's family was poor instead of wealthy?

3) Would Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy still be as greedy if they did not have money?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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