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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother do to ordinary straw bags, as described in Part One?

2. How does Nonna react to the straw bag creations of Mother's?

3. What does Arlette say that Nonna once did to Mother?

4. Why does Aunt Frances say that Alice should call her rather than the nurses?

5. Who beats broomsticks against the floor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mother's unusual behavior in the first chapter of Florida.

2. Is Alice a responsible teenager at age 15?

3. What kind of a person is Arlette?

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

5. What are Aunt Frances' priorities?

6. Why does Alice call the San Mother's Florida?

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

8. Describe Alice's friendship with Arthur.

9. Describe the Big House.

10. Is Alice destined to follow in Mother's footsteps?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Symbolism is seen in both Mother's fondness for naming things and in the use of locations as chapter titles.

1) Compare and contrast the Emerald Gem and the Mouse.

2) How do Arlette's stories differ from the Big House chapters?

3) Define Mother via these items: the Magnavox, the sun box, and her lost glove.

Essay Topic 2

Does a setting create a character's experience or does a character impact and create parts of their setting? Using specific examples from the story, analyze the impact of setting on Alice in Florida.

Essay Topic 3

What is the Fivey family legacy? What legacy does Father leave to Alice? To what degree does each character choose to accept or reject the legacy they are given?

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