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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Howard, Alice and the girls stop on the way home from jail?
(a) A park.
(b) Church.
(c) Theresa's.
(d) McDonald's.

3. Howard concentrates on the life cycles of __________________.
(a) Trees.
(b) Bees.
(c) Thistles.
(d) Goats.

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

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

6. In what city is Alice in jail?
(a) Milwaukee.
(b) Racine.
(c) Portland.
(d) Tylersville.

7. Howard recalls his father's moral of ____________________.
(a) Shame and Duty.
(b) Work Hard.
(c) Take the High Road.
(d) Never Fight.

8. To what television program does Howard refer when discussing legal matters?
(a) Barney Miller.
(b) CSI: Miami.
(c) Law & Order.
(d) Perry Mason.

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

10. Who is the real estate agent who comes to view Howard's farm?
(a) Joanne Grieshop.
(b) Betty Sanderson.
(c) Alice Meyerson.
(d) Sandy Brickman.

11. Whom do Howard and the girls see on the way home from the jail?
(a) Theresa and Audrey.
(b) Miss Bowman.
(c) A man begging for food by the highway.
(d) Don.

12. What do Howard and Alice buy for the girls on the way home from court?
(a) DVDs.
(b) Coats.
(c) Sleds.
(d) Dolls.

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

14. Howard meditates on the impact of personality in history and cites Mikhail Gorbachev and __________________.
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Margaret Thatcher.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt.

15. What does Alice do when she sees the girls in the jail?
(a) Cries.
(b) Faints.
(c) Screams.
(d) Runs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Howard wants to move as far away as Alaska or ___________________.

2. What does Alice note about a bride she sees on the street?

3. What medical procedure had Theresa had after Lizzy's birth?

4. What does the judge order both sides in the trial to avoid mentioning?

5. Rafferty intends to reveal Mrs. Mackessy as ________________.

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