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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Howard, Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Howard do with the money from the sale of the farm?
(a) Moves to California.
(b) Buys a new tractor.
(c) Bails out Alice.
(d) Buys another farm.

2. Who does Howard find to watch the girls while he goes to visit Alice in jail?
(a) Miss Bowman.
(b) Principal Henskin.
(c) Mrs. Sarver.
(d) Nellie.

3. What medical procedure had Theresa had after Lizzy's birth?
(a) Gallbladder surgery.
(b) Plastic surgery.
(c) A tubal ligation.
(d) Colon cancer surgery.

4. Howard recalls that his father threatened to _______________ if he got a woman pregnant.
(a) Report him.
(b) Kick him out.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Disown him.

5. Howard describes a quote by ________________ which is carved over the courthouse entrance.
(a) Goethe.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Washington.
(d) Dickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Howard and the girls find a place to live?

2. Who is the former parish priest whom Theresa visits?

3. What does Alice do when the police arrive to arrest her?

4. How old is Robbie Mackessy?

5. Who helps Howard with the girls and provides dinner in the evenings?

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