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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. Where does Howard get a job?
(a) The Motor Vehicle Registration Office.
(b) The Children's Services Office.
(c) Wal-Mart.
(d) A lumberyard.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who helps Howard with the girls and provides dinner in the evenings?

5. What does Theresa tell Alice that she has done to save her own marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Theresa add comfort to the lives of Howard and the girls at the same time that the farm is dying?

2. What is Theresa's response to Alice's arrest and what role will she probably play in Alice's defense?

3. What is the story about a dog and a tangled leash that recurs throughout the novel?

4. How does Alice describe jail and why is it so difficult for her?

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

6. How does Alice refer to her map of the world while describing her jail experience?

7. What is Howard's interpretation of Alice's fleeing from the girls when they visit the jail for the first time?

8. Describe Theresa's last night with Howard and the girls.

9. How does the sale of the farm affect both Howard and Alice?

10. What is Theresa's view on mercy at this point in her life?

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