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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Walter?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) Alice's uncle.
(c) Alice's pet cat.
(d) Mother's boyfriend.

3. What does Walter do while listening to music?
(a) Play games.
(b) Smoke cigarettes.
(c) Howl.
(d) Rest and stretch.

4. What character trait best describes Walter?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Calculating.
(c) Industrious.
(d) Lazy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother do that embarrasses Alice when she visits her at the San?

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

3. Who is Miss O'Boyle?

4. What does Aunt Frances make Alice do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Mother's crystal glasses important to Alice?

2. Does Alice relate to the unreliables?

3. Why do you think Alice and her mother have the same name?

4. Describe Alice's friendship with Arthur.

5. What kind of a person is Arlette?

6. Why is Florida important to Alice?

7. What do you think Alice's family was like before her father's death, based on information in the first chapter of the book?

8. Why do you think Mother makes such extravagant gifts for her family at Christmas?

9. What are Aunt Frances' priorities?

10. Describe Walter's departure.

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