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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Big House - Tucson.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes Mother's life in the Mother-Arlette section of Part One?
(a) Anally organized.
(b) Disorderly.
(c) Spontaneous.
(d) Rewarding.

2. How is mother treated by her mother and other family members?
(a) She is handled with kid gloves.
(b) She is used and abused.
(c) She is respected.
(d) She is unappreciated.

3. How does Walter make Mother feel about herself?
(a) Needed and nurturing.
(b) Stupid and incompetent.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Like she is a better person than she used to be.

4. What is Alice's main concern about living with Mother?
(a) Mother's seizures are getting worse.
(b) Life is unpredictable and unstable.
(c) Life is embarrasing for Alice.
(d) Mother's drinking.

5. What does Uncle Billy ask Alice at the party the summer that she is 12?
(a) If she is happy living with them.
(b) If she knows how her father died.
(c) How she feels about living with Mother again.
(d) What she wants to be when she grows up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is upset about some of the things that Nonna often gives to Alice?

2. What does Alice say she feels like, living with Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy?

3. What best describes Nonna's social life?

4. What does Alice's family believe is in Florida?

5. How does life after the death of Alice's father compare to life before his death?

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