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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 wishes that Howard could _____________________.
2. To whom had Alice reported her slapping a student?
3. Where does Alice see Theresa?
4. How supportive is Howard as Alice worries about attending the funeral?
5. Lizzy's family practices what religion?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Mrs. Mackessy and Mrs. M.L. Glevitch push Alice to the breaking point at Lizzy's funeral?
2. What is Alice's job and why did she enter into this career field?
3. What comment does Alice call out when the officers question her and how can it be detrimental for her?
4. What is the nature of the relationship between Alice and Howard at this point?
5. What is the importance of Alice's mother recording Laura Ingalls Wilder's LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS?
6. What is the significance of the maps of the world that Alice had drawn as a child?
7. What advice does Rafferty give Alice and what does Howard worry about, given Alice's history?
8. What is Alice's only demand on Howard when she goes to jail?
9. What is the relationship between Alice and her mother-in-law, Nellie, after Lizzy's funeral?
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
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
The author begins the story from Alice's perspective and then transitions to Howard's perspective and then reverts back to Alice's perspective. Why did she choose to tell the story this way? In what way is an alternating point of view more interesting for a reader? In what ways is it more complicated?
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