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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Big House - Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Nonna described in Part Two:The Big House-Arthur?
(a) As having a hardened heart.
(b) As being soft-hearted.
(c) As having a heart of stone.
(d) As being heartless.

2. What does Mr. Early encourage Alice to do?
(a) Become a poet.
(b) Go to Florida alone.
(c) Move in with Mother.
(d) Become a musician.

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

4. What happens to Father when Alice is five?
(a) He is abducted.
(b) He drives off one night and never returns.
(c) He goes to meet a business partner and never returns.
(d) He goes to buy milk and is hit by a train.

5. How does Nonna react to the straw bag creations of Mother's?
(a) She beams with pride.
(b) She tosses them aside.
(c) She calls them cheap.
(d) She fusses over silly details.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter do while listening to music?

2. What does Alice promise herself in Part One, when she is 12?

3. Who are the unreliables?

4. Why is Alice concerned about Arthur in Part One (Father-Mother)?

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

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