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

2. Who is the first potential buyer to look at Howard's farm?
(a) Mrs. Phil Goranson.
(b) Mrs. Arnold Reesman.
(c) Mrs. Edward Reiman.
(d) Mr. Paul Shannon.

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

4. How does Robbie show in court the horrible things that Alice supposedly did to him?
(a) He uses a poster.
(b) He uses a doll.
(c) He uses paper dolls.
(d) He uses a picture in a book.

5. Howard describes a quote by ________________ which is carved over the courthouse entrance.
(a) Goethe.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alice wearing when she sees the girls?

2. What does Alice paint on the living room walls?

3. Howard recalls his father's moral of ____________________.

4. What does Alice do when she sees the girls in the jail?

5. Where does Theresa ask Alice to go with her?

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. How is the Goodwin family's life in the apartment radically different from the farm where they belong?

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

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

5. Why does Alice compare Howard to her father?

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

7. How does Theresa compare court to church?

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

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

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

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