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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Alice want to live with Mother again?
(a) She deparately wants to live with her again.
(b) She dreads having to live with her again.
(c) She is angry at having to make a choice.
(d) She is conflicted, as her life is now stable.

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

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

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

5. What is true about Alice's custody when she visits Mother at the San?
(a) Mother has given up custody of Alice.
(b) Mother has to go to a custody meeting the next day.
(c) Mother has lost custody of Alice.
(d) Aunt Frances is suing for custody of Alice.

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

7. What is one thing the unreliables take from Aunt Frances?
(a) Her television.
(b) Alice.
(c) Money.
(d) Silverware.

8. Where does Alice see a lot of family jewelry, precious silverware, and valuable artwork?
(a) The art museum.
(b) Miss O'Boyle's house.
(c) Nonna's house.
(d) Arlette's house.

9. What best describes Nonna's social life?
(a) Many visitors come to call.
(b) Her home is always overrun with children.
(c) She devotes her time to her church.
(d) She is a recluse.

10. 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.

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

12. How old is Alice when she goes to live with Nonna?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eleven.

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

14. What does Mother wear on the last day Alice sees her in Part One (Mother-Arthur)?
(a) The fuzzy slippers.
(b) The falling leaves coat.
(c) A formal ball gown.
(d) A normal looking tee shirt and jeans.

15. Who put coffee in their child's milk bottle?
(a) Arlette's neighbor.
(b) Nonna.
(c) Mother.
(d) A woman mother meets at the San.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true about Nonna?

2. How does Alice say that Arthur dies?

3. How does Alice describe Aunt Frances' and Uncle Billy's house when she first goes to stay with them?

4. What does Arthur say about Mother in her defense in Part One?

5. What things does Alice mention that Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy give her?

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