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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 Miss O'Boyle accuse Alice of when she starts coming home late at night?
(a) Being like Mother.
(b) Stealing from Nonna.
(c) Looking for trouble.
(d) Wasting her youth and good looks.

2. When does Mother go to the San in Part One?
(a) One winter when Alice is ten.
(b) On the day she dresses for a job interview.
(c) One winter after she finishes her painting project.
(d) On the day that Alice's father dies.

3. Who unpacks Mother's things after she goes to the San in Part One?
(a) Aunt Frances and Arlette.
(b) Alice and Aunt Frances.
(c) Just Aunt Frances.
(d) Just Alice.

4. How does Mother use overripe fruit, as described in Part One?
(a) To decorate a mantle for Christmas.
(b) To bake a banana bread.
(c) To bake a fruit cake.
(d) To make a wreath for Christmas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Billy do to some of Nonna's valuable pictures?

2. How does Alice say Mother sounds when she speaks?

3. How does Alice scare Arlette when she visits her?

4. Who is Mr. Early?

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

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