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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Howard begin to have his lunches?
(a) The fields.
(b) Theresa's house.
(c) A diner.
(d) McDonald's.

3. Why does Howard decide to take the girls to see Alice?
(a) He has no one to watch them.
(b) It is Claire's birthday.
(c) Alice has asked to see them.
(d) It is family day at the jail.

4. What is Howard doing when Theresa comes to the house?
(a) Cleaning Emma's stained T-shirt.
(b) Milking cows.
(c) Fixing supper.
(d) Helping the girls with homework.

5. Which of the following is NOT something about court that Theresa compares to religion?
(a) There is an awful silence.
(b) There is a lot of praying.
(c) There is a strict ritual.
(d) There is a lot of waiting.

6. What does Theresa tell Alice that she has done to save her own marriage?
(a) Went to therapy.
(b) Works with Dan.
(c) Planned a vacation.
(d) Tubal ligation reversal.

7. What is the only constant TV program on during the week in jail?
(a) Jeopardy.
(b) Law & Order.
(c) Wheel of Fortune.
(d) Oprah.

8. Rafferty intends to reveal Mrs. Mackessy as ________________.
(a) A saint.
(b) A wronged woman.
(c) A homewrecker.
(d) A common slut.

9. Who will eventually be a major witness for the defense?
(a) Howard.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Miss Bowman.
(d) Susannah.

10. What is notable about Alice's face when she sees the girls?
(a) It is pale.
(b) It is sad.
(c) It is joyful.
(d) It is bruised.

11. Rafferty enjoys an image of those he dislikes in court as _______________________.
(a) Floating down a tranquil river and hitting rocks.
(b) Being shot with BB guns.
(c) Being naked.
(d) Walking on hot coals.

12. Alice is perceived as a ________________ in prison.
(a) Granny.
(b) Saint.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Guru.

13. Why is Alice so sad about the loss of the farm?
(a) It is her family home.
(b) It is the only place she ever felt safe.
(c) She had had plans to fix it up.
(d) It is where her girls were born.

14. With what natural disaster is Howard dealing during this time?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Rainy season.
(c) Snowstorms.
(d) Drought.

15. Where does Howard get a job?
(a) The Children's Services Office.
(b) The Motor Vehicle Registration Office.
(c) Wal-Mart.
(d) A lumberyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Howard recalls his father's moral of ____________________.

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

3. How does Robbie show in court the horrible things that Alice supposedly did to him?

4. In what city is Alice in jail?

5. Alice does NOT suffer a huge lack of __________ while in jail.

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