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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 does Alice say she misses about men in the Any House chapter?
(a) Their touching ways.
(b) Their money.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Someone as messed up as me.

2. What does Alice say that Nonna claimed Mother lied about?
(a) Stealing Nonna's paintings.
(b) Nonna's husband having an affair.
(c) Secretly dating Father.
(d) Mother's abuse.

3. What kind of poets does Alice say Father liked?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Senseless men who spouted jibberish.
(c) Ivy league approved classics.
(d) Hairy, bearish and mad.

4. What does Alice argue with her aunt and uncle about after Arthur's death?
(a) The reason he died.
(b) Who gets his Magnavox.
(c) Where Arthur is buried.
(d) Who should pay his expenses.

5. What health problem does Uncle Billy have in the last part of the story?
(a) Sleep Apnea.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Breathing problems.
(d) Heart problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Arthur headed when he dies?

2. What item of Uncle Billy's does Alice show to Mother in Part Four?

3. Who pays for Arthur's funeral arrangements?

4. Who replaces Arthur?

5. How does Alice feel about Mr. Early?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was living with Uncle Billy and Aunt Frances good for Alice?

2. Why does Mother live apart from the family in California in Part Three: The Big House?

3. Is Mother's interpretation of father's death believable?

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

5. What does Mr. Early represent to Alice?

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

7. Why does Mother tell people that Father was a sculptor?

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

9. Explain why Alice finds herself in a lawyer's office when she is 30-years-old.

10. Does Alice love Uncle Billy and Aunt Frances?

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