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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 kind of poets does Alice say Father liked?

2. How does Walter respond when Alice asks him to move out of her brownstone?

3. What does Alice say was Nonna's opinion of Father?

4. Who is Arthur driving when he dies?

5. Who does Mother live with when Alice goes to visit her after Nonna's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the relationship between Mother and Nonna.

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

5. Why does Mother tell people that Father was a sculptor?

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

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

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

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

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

To what degree is Alice's life, personality and destiny shaped by her parents? Analyze the effects of nature, nurture, being a victim, and making choices in Alice's life.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the role of creativity, art and literature in Florida.

1)Compare and contrast the way that Father, Alice and Mr. Early use literature in their lives.

2) Do Mother's artistic talents contribute in any meaningful ways to the lives of anyone in the story?

3) How does Alice use her own literary talents in a meaningful way?

Essay Topic 3

Father's vision of Florida as an escape and symbol of hope lives on through Alice and Mother long after his death.

1) Does Alice's vision of hope and paradise change as she gets older? Explain.

2) How do Mother's sun box and the San allow Mother and Alice to continue their Florida fantasy?

3) Why don't Mother or Alice actually ever go to Florida?

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