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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 does Howard do with the money from the sale of the farm?
(a) Moves to California.
(b) Buys a new tractor.
(c) Buys another farm.
(d) Bails out Alice.

2. What does the judge order both sides in the trial to avoid mentioning?
(a) Howard.
(b) Lizzy.
(c) The sale of the farm.
(d) Alice's surgery.

3. Who insists on interviewing Alice's daughters?
(a) Guardian ad litem.
(b) District Attorney.
(c) Child Welfare Office.
(d) School Principal.

4. Who helps Howard with the girls and provides dinner in the evenings?
(a) Miss Bowman.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Nellie.
(d) Sara.

5. What is the weather like when Alice is released from jail?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Overcast.
(d) Raining.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Howard decide to take the girls to see Alice?

3. Which real estate company does Howard call?

4. What do Howard and Alice buy for the girls on the way home from court?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening in the Goodwin's lives that starts to let them feel normal again?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Alice compare Howard to her father?

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

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

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

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

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