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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. Why doesn't Mother attend the funeral in Part Three?

2. Who does she think of to balance her thoughts of the hurtful people in her life?

3. How does Alice's Walter die?

4. How is Nonna described in Part Two:The Big House-Arthur?

5. What does Mr. Early encourage Alice to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the circumstances of Arthur's death.

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Alice's Walter.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Many characters in Florida seem to act the way they do because of painful experiences in their lives. Select three of the following characters. For each, describe the pain that leads them to act and behave in the manner they do and analyze the amount of power they have to choose differently: Mother, Alice, Walter, Nonna, Uncle Billy, the Unreliables.

Essay Topic 3

What is the Fivey family legacy? What legacy does Father leave to Alice? To what degree does each character choose to accept or reject the legacy they are given?

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