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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. Why doesn't Mother attend the funeral in Part Three?
(a) She refuses to step foot in the Big House.
(b) She has not forgiven the deceased.
(c) She has been committed again.
(d) She is not notified in time.

2. What does Mr. Early encourage Alice to do?
(a) Become a poet.
(b) Become a musician.
(c) Move in with Mother.
(d) Go to Florida alone.

3. Who does she think of to balance her thoughts of the hurtful people in her life?
(a) A storybook family.
(b) Her future children.
(c) Arthur carrying her on his back.
(d) Mr. Early and kind teachers.

4. How does Alice's Walter die?
(a) He has a sudden heart attack.
(b) He is hit by a Geryhound bus.
(c) He is killed by thugs over a gambling debt.
(d) He overdoses on Perdocan and Scotch.

5. What does Alice want to draw?
(a) Her aunt and uncle, their hands, their glasses.
(b) Her future.
(c) Mother, as she used to be.
(d) The desert at sunset.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice do at the end of Part Two:The Big House- Arthur?

2. Who replaces Arthur?

3. Where does Alice stay during Arthur's funeral?

4. What is true of Alice's boyfriend?

5. What does Alice say that Nonna felt about her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is it right for Alice to ask her Mother to sign over access to Mother's trust fund?

2. Describe the circumstances of Arthur's death.

3. What is Alice's Florida when she is in high school?

4. How does Mother remind Alice of Nonna during her time at the Birdcage?

5. Why is Nonna kinder to Alice than she is to Mother?

6. How does Alice repeat her mother's mistakes?

7. How is Arthur's death handled by Alice's family?

8. Describe Mother's life when Alice visits her in California.

9. What is the impact of Mr. Early's death on Alice?

10. Describe the life that Alice creates for herself in New York.

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