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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 is in jail in which town?

2. Who is the woman who gossips at the funeral?

3. What is annoying Howard about Alice lately?

4. Alice asks Howard not to tell Nellie or ___________________.

5. What does Susannah Brooks do when Howard asks her to watch the girls?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does A MAP OF THE WORLD begin?

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

5. What is the purpose of the shopping trip to get Howard a new suit?

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

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

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

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

10. What comment does Alice call out when the officers question her and how can it be detrimental for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Theresa. 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 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 3

Howard spends some alone time throughout the novel to contemplate his life. About what does he think? At what conclusions does he arrive? Explain why he is in a contemplative mood at this point in time.

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