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

2. To which Biblical person does Alice liken herself?
(a) Moses.
(b) Jesus.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) Job.

3. Alice likens jail to ________________________.
(a) Summer School.
(b) A summer camp she did not want to attend.
(c) Trick or Treating.
(d) A bad college dorm.

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

5. What does Alice paint on the living room walls?
(a) Stop signs.
(b) Words.
(c) Circles.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a topic Howard puts in his letter to Alice?

2. Rafferty enjoys an image of those he dislikes in court as _______________________.

3. Whom do Howard and the girls see on the way home from the jail?

4. With what natural disaster is Howard dealing during this time?

5. Alice is in fear of what _______________ could do to her.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Theresa compare court to church?

6. What are Alice's thoughts about religion as she is locked up?

7. What does Theresa tell Howard regarding her feelings about her and her life with Dan now?

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

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

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

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