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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is something that does NOT worry Howard?

2. Who are Alice's daughters?

3. Who is Theresa's husband?

4. What is Alice's job?

5. Where is Alice taking the girls when the police arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stresses wear on Howard both at home and with Alice's incarceration?

2. What advice does Theresa get from her friend, Albert, regarding mourning for Lizzy?

3. Who is Nellie and what is her relationship with the Goodwins?

4. On what does Howard base the entirety of his legal knowledge?

5. How does the topic of reincarnation figure into Alice's thoughts now?

6. How do Mrs. Mackessy and Mrs. M.L. Glevitch push Alice to the breaking point at Lizzy's funeral?

7. What is the importance of Alice's mother recording Laura Ingalls Wilder's LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS?

8. What is the nature of the impromptu meeting between Alice and Theresa in the apple orchard?

9. What is the purpose of Chapter 7 and how will Nellie's departure mean volatility?

10. What advice does Rafferty give Alice and what does Howard worry about, given Alice's history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Howard and Alice and Theresa and Dan. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, socialization, and other life-defining features.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Alice and Theresa. What are their obvious differences? What things bring them together? What similarities do they share?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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