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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. Howard wants to move as far away as Alaska or ___________________.
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Germany.
(c) Washington.
(d) California.

2. In what city is Alice in jail?
(a) Tylersville.
(b) Racine.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Portland.

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

4. Howard meditates on the impact of personality in history and cites Mikhail Gorbachev and __________________.
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(b) Margaret Thatcher.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Richard Nixon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the girls want to live if Alice does not get out of jail?

2. Alice's trial is set for which month?

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

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

5. What is Howard doing when Theresa comes to the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Howard describe his state of confusion in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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