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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Mother - Arlette's Stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice recall eating while her father talked of Florida, in Part One?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) An orange.
(c) Runny eggs.
(d) Grapefruit.

2. How do the members of Mother's family react to the gifts she gives them at Christmas?
(a) They are pleased.
(b) They are angry.
(c) They are hurt.
(d) They make no comment.

3. Why did Alice's father want to bring Alice and Mother to Florida?
(a) To restore Mother's health with the healing sun and fruits.
(b) To get a job at Disneyworld.
(c) To create hope and show them sun and warmth.
(d) To escape the misery of his job.

4. Who is Arthur?
(a) Alice's school friend.
(b) Mother's boss.
(c) An employee at the San.
(d) An employee of Aunt Frances.

5. What does Mother do to ordinary straw bags, as described in Part One?
(a) Weaves them with fishwire and ribbon.
(b) Makes them into stories with dollhouse trinkets.
(c) Makes party favors for Alice's birthday party.
(d) Turns them into masks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Mother go to the San in Part One?

2. What is the San?

3. Who wears a cracked and smelly leather jacket?

4. Who hosts a party the summer that Alice is 12?

5. How does Mother relate to men after the death of Alice's father?

(see the answer key)

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