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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. About what does Theresa cry in Howard's arms?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) Her divorce.
(c) Lizzy's burial.
(d) Her job loss.

2. Alice does NOT suffer a huge lack of __________ while in jail.
(a) Air.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Sky.
(d) Food.

3. Where does Theresa ask Alice to go with her?
(a) To the mall.
(b) To a museum.
(c) To a concert.
(d) To lunch.

4. Why does Howard collect rocks from the fields?
(a) To make gravel.
(b) To clear the fields for plowing.
(c) To build walls.
(d) To reinforce a ditch.

5. What is ruining Howard's farm?
(a) Drought.
(b) Lack of money.
(c) Rain.
(d) No fertilizers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice note about a bride she sees on the street?

2. Howard meditates on the impact of personality in history and cites Mikhail Gorbachev and __________________.

3. Why does Theresa feel guilty about Alice's arrest?

4. Rafferty wants Alice to behave like which actress while in court?

5. Who is Theresa's remaining daughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens after Howard and the girls leave the jail and what does Howard bring up in a letter he writes to Alice?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Alice compare Howard to her father?

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