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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Theresa cry in Howard's arms?
(a) Lizzy's burial.
(b) Her job loss.
(c) Her divorce.
(d) Her mother's death.

2. What does the judge order both sides in the trial to avoid mentioning?
(a) The sale of the farm.
(b) Alice's surgery.
(c) Lizzy.
(d) Howard.

3. Alice's trial is set for which month?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) April.
(d) May.

4. Why does Howard collect rocks from the fields?
(a) To make gravel.
(b) To reinforce a ditch.
(c) To build walls.
(d) To clear the fields for plowing.

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

6. Howard refers to The Gettysburg Address which was written by whom?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

7. Which of the following is NOT a topic Howard puts in his letter to Alice?
(a) Emma cannot start kindergarten.
(b) He is in love with Theresa.
(c) He wants to sell the farm.
(d) They are blackballed by babysitters.

8. Why does Theresa feel guilty about Alice's arrest?
(a) She reinforced the lies of the children when questioned.
(b) She could have cleared everything up if she had been in town.
(c) She made a phone call to the sheriff's office about Alice.
(d) She planted the stories that the children tell about Alice.

9. Who insists on interviewing Alice's daughters?
(a) School Principal.
(b) Guardian ad litem.
(c) District Attorney.
(d) Child Welfare Office.

10. What is Alice wearing when she sees the girls?
(a) A pink bandana.
(b) Green jumpsuit.
(c) A pink bracelet.
(d) Pink slippers.

11. What religion does Alice consider while in prison?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Lutheran.

12. Rafferty wants Alice to behave like which actress while in court?
(a) Glenn Close.
(b) Audrey Hepburn.
(c) Lauren Bacall.
(d) Meryl Streep.

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

14. What surgery does Alice have while in jail?
(a) Gallbladder surgery.
(b) Brain surgery.
(c) Heart surgery.
(d) Appendix surgery.

15. What is Howard's state of mind in this section?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Boisterous.
(d) Confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. Howard meditates on the impact of personality in history and cites Mikhail Gorbachev and __________________.

2. Why is Alice mad at Theresa?

3. Alice is perceived as a ________________ in prison.

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

5. What is notable about Alice's face when she sees the girls?

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