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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Alice enjoy?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Playing the piano.
(c) Painting.
(d) Literature.
2. Who does Alice live with at the brownstone at West 76th Street?
(a) Walter, her boyfriend.
(b) Walter, her husband.
(c) Gloria, her talking bird.
(d) Gloria, her roommate.
3. Where do Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy live when Alice visits them in Part Four?
(a) The Big House.
(b) Babados.
(c) Tucson.
(d) Florida.
4. Where is Arthur when he dies, according to events in Part Four?
(a) In the river.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) Home.
(d) By the side of the road.
5. How does Walter respond when Alice asks him to move out of her brownstone?
(a) He threatens her and hits her.
(b) He says he will only leave if she pays him.
(c) He promises he can change.
(d) He leaves immediately, swearing.
6. What does Alice say that Nonna felt about her children?
(a) She adored her children.
(b) She never wanted a second child.
(c) She felt they deserved a better mother.
(d) She never wanted to have children.
7. Where does Alice say that Father is buried?
(a) Near the church he attended.
(b) In the plot adjacent to Nonna and her husband.
(c) Far from the church he attended.
(d) With his parents.
8. What does Mother say was true of Nonna's husband?
(a) He was a poet.
(b) He was a cruel and abusive man.
(c) He had a mistress.
(d) He was devoted to Nonna.
9. How does Uncle Billy believe that Father died?
(a) Accidental overdose.
(b) His poor driving.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Murder.
10. What was Mr. Early doing when he died?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Reciting a poem.
(c) Gerdening.
(d) Marching in a parade.
11. What secret wish does Alice express after Nonna's funeral?
(a) To play with the philharmonic.
(b) To move to Florida.
(c) To be a poet.
(d) To have a child.
12. What does one of Mother's friends ask Alice about?
(a) Where her husband is.
(b) Her abusive father.
(c) Father's sculptures.
(d) If she inherited her father's gift for music.
13. How does Alice say she misses her mother?
(a) Like a fish misses water.
(b) The way I think I will miss her when she dies.
(c) The way I miss a chair when I sit down.
(d) Like a fish misses a bicycle.
14. What does Mr. Early encourage Alice to do?
(a) Go to Florida alone.
(b) Move in with Mother.
(c) Become a musician.
(d) Become a poet.
15. What does Mother call her home in Part Four?
(a) The Cattery.
(b) The Nunnery.
(c) The Birdcage.
(d) The Land of the Wasted.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who replaces Arthur?
2. What does Alice express to Mother during their conversation about Aunt Frances and Uncle Billy in Part Three: West 76th Street?
3. Where do Alice and Aunt Frances go together in the final chapter?
4. What kind of poets does Alice say Father liked?
5. What is true of Alice's boyfriend?
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