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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. Alice has to attend a school board meeting to discuss ______________________.

2. What do the arresting officers allow Alice to take with her?

3. What does Nellie advise Howard to do regarding Alice?

4. What is Carol's last name?

5. Where does Alice go when she runs out of the school board meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Alice's job and why did she enter into this career field?

2. What is the nature of the relationship between Alice and Howard at this point?

3. What is revealed about Alice and Howard's religious beliefs?

4. What is the relationship between Alice and her mother-in-law, Nellie, after Lizzy's funeral?

5. Describe the behavior of Howard and Alice in the church for Lizzy's funeral.

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

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

8. Why do the police officers wait outside the restroom and why do they want to question Alice?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Nellie. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Howard. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one theme in the novel. Identify at least two themes in the story and then cite an example to support each theme.

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