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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. What does Alice say is one of her mother's unusual behaviors?
(a) Licking her fingernails.
(b) Knocking on a doorway before entering a room.
(c) Rubbing her back against walls.
(d) Obsessively turning the faucet off and on.

2. What does Uncle Billy tell Alice her mother needs?
(a) Medical treatment.
(b) Rest.
(c) A man.
(d) Psychological therapy.

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

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

5. What does Mother bring to her family members on Christmas?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Farewell letters.
(c) Expensive boutique clothing.
(d) Homemade gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aunt Frances say that Alice should call her rather than the nurses?

2. Where does Mother live at the time of Nonna's funeral?

3. What is the San?

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

5. What does Florida represent to Alice and mother?

(see the answer key)

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