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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alice wishes that Howard could _____________________.
(a) Sense her pain.
(b) Write love letters.
(c) Leave her alone.
(d) Tell better jokes.

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

3. What does Nellie advise Howard to do regarding Alice?
(a) Divorce her.
(b) Have her move out of town.
(c) Give her time to recover.
(d) Get her mind off the tragedy.

4. Who cared for Alice when her mother died?
(a) Aunt Maggie.
(b) Aunt Kate.
(c) Her father.
(d) Grandma Jane.

5. Alice's bail is set at what amount?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice think of Carol?

2. What does Alice beg Lizzy to do after she bolts from the church?

3. Nellie will be leaving soon to work in what country?

4. What color of prison garb does Alice wear?

5. Alice guiltily rejoices that _______________ is out of danger.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the maps of the world that Alice had drawn as a child?

2. What bizarre ideas does Alice have regarding sacrifice in Christian beliefs?

3. How does A MAP OF THE WORLD begin?

4. What is revealed about Alice and Howard's religious beliefs?

5. What is the nature of the impromptu meeting between Alice and Theresa in the apple orchard?

6. Describe how Howard's life has changed due to harassing phone calls and reporters.

7. What is the importance of Alice's mother recording Laura Ingalls Wilder's LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS?

8. What stresses wear on Howard both at home and with Alice's incarceration?

9. What thoughts does Alice have regarding God that show her elementary thinking on the topic?

10. What is the tragedy that occurs early in the story?

(see the answer keys)

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