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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT something that Alice does in Tuscon?
(a) Collects stones for jewelry.
(b) Rides horses.
(c) Browses in bookstores.
(d) Swims in the pool.

2. What does Alice worry will harm Arthur?
(a) Aunt Frances' demands.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Steroid medication.

3. Who hosts a party the summer that Alice is 12?
(a) Mother.
(b) Alice.
(c) Uncle Billy.
(d) Arlette.

4. What is The Big House?
(a) An art museum.
(b) A mental asylum.
(c) Nonna's house.
(d) Miss O'Boyle's house.

5. What happens to Walter?
(a) He dies from a heart attack.
(b) He leaves Alice and her mother.
(c) He becomes a born again Christian.
(d) He is mugged and falls into a coma.

6. What does Alice say is in it for her if Nonna dies?
(a) She hopes to live in the Big House with Arthur.
(b) Nothing; she will have to live with Uncle Billy.
(c) Drama and experience.
(d) An inheritance.

7. Where is Nonna's house located?
(a) In the city, next to an art museum.
(b) Down the street from the San.
(c) In front of a vast expanse of protected government land.
(d) Across the lake from Uncle Billy's house.

8. How does Alice refer to Arthur in Part 1?
(a) An indentured servant.
(b) A slave.
(c) A grandfather.
(d) A part of the family.

9. Why is Alice concerned about Arthur in Part One (Father-Mother)?
(a) He has a rash that the doctors can't explain.
(b) He has been ill and looks tired.
(c) He seems to be losing his balance.
(d) He is very forgetful.

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

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

12. What does Arthur do for mother?
(a) Drives her to the San.
(b) Buys her lunch.
(c) Carries her groceries.
(d) Mows her lawn.

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

14. Who are the unreliables?
(a) Locals on welfare.
(b) Hired help.
(c) Drifters.
(d) Door to door salesmen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Walter?

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

3. What does Mother wear on the last day Alice sees her in Part One (Mother-Arthur)?

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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