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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Mother - Tuscon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of feeling does Walter bring to Alice's home?
(a) Hope.
(b) Security.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Fear.

2. How does Alice refer to her father?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Father.
(c) George.
(d) Papa.

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

4. What is Alice allowed to do with Mother's possessions as they are unpacked?
(a) Look, but not touch.
(b) Decide who to donate them to.
(c) Decide where to keep them.
(d) Select one to keep in her room.

5. What possession of Mother's does Aunt Frances berate Alice for touching?
(a) Thumb-cut crystal glasses.
(b) Her parent's gold framed wedding photo.
(c) The opal earring that Aunt Frances wants to wear.
(d) A nude drawing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Here's to you, here's to me, here's to our new home!"?

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

3. How do the members of Mother's family react to the gifts she gives them at Christmas?

4. What does Uncle Billy ask Alice at the party the summer that she is 12?

5. What best describes Aunt Frances?

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