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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 does NOT suffer a huge lack of __________ while in jail.
(a) Air.
(b) Sky.
(c) Food.
(d) Privacy.

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

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

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

5. In what religion did Theresa grow up?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Howard accept for the farm?

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

3. How old is Robbie Mackessy?

4. What does Dan do to avoid thinking about Lizzy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the details of Howard's sale of the farm and how much does he accept for its purchase?

2. How do Howard and the girls prepare to move out of the farmhouse?

3. What is the purpose of the interviews conducted with Alice's daughters and the Child Welfare Office?

4. How do the girls adapt to "hobo life" as Howard calls their apartment adventure?

5. What information is Howard able to give Rafferty about Alice's past as well as his own?

6. How does Theresa compare court to church?

7. How does Alice feel about Rafferty's plans for her and for the trial?

8. Why is the lunch between Theresa and Alice so awkward?

9. What is Alice's perspective on Nellie's so-called generosity?

10. What is Howard's perspective on the Goethe quote carved above the courthouse entrance?

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