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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the girls want to live if Alice does not get out of jail?
(a) With Theresa.
(b) With Howard.
(c) With Miss Bowman.
(d) With Nellie.

2. The mention of Robbie's babysitter, ___________________, breaks the composure of Robbie and his mother.
(a) Mrs. Jenkins.
(b) Mrs. Ritenour.
(c) Miss Clark.
(d) Mrs. Sheridan.

3. Why is Alice mad at Theresa?
(a) She has stopped watching the girls.
(b) She is spreading rumors about her.
(c) She has not come to see her.
(d) She is sleeping with her husband.

4. Who is the first potential buyer to look at Howard's farm?
(a) Mr. Paul Shannon.
(b) Mrs. Phil Goranson.
(c) Mrs. Edward Reiman.
(d) Mrs. Arnold Reesman.

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

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

7. 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 waiting.
(c) There is a lot of praying.
(d) There is a strict ritual.

8. Alice is in fear of what _______________ could do to her.
(a) Kramer.
(b) Morgan.
(c) Heiny.
(d) Dyshett.

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

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

11. How old is Alice's cell mate?
(a) 18.
(b) 30.
(c) 45.
(d) 27.

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

13. Where do Howard and the girls find a place to live?
(a) Spring Grove.
(b) Buckhead.
(c) Millersville.
(d) Patterson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Howard, Alice and the girls stop on the way home from jail?

2. Howard concentrates on the life cycles of __________________.

3. Why does Theresa feel guilty about Alice's arrest?

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

5. Howard refers to The Gettysburg Address which was written by whom?

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