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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 does NOT suffer a huge lack of __________ while in jail.
2. What is notable about Alice's face when she sees the girls?
3. Alice's trial is set for which month?
4. Who is Theresa's remaining daughter?
5. Why is Alice mad at Theresa?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Alice feel about Rafferty's plans for her and for the trial?
2. What is Theresa's response to Alice's arrest and what role will she probably play in Alice's defense?
3. How does the sale of the farm affect both Howard and Alice?
4. What is the purpose of the interviews conducted with Alice's daughters and the Child Welfare Office?
5. How is the Goodwin family's life in the apartment radically different from the farm where they belong?
6. How does Theresa add comfort to the lives of Howard and the girls at the same time that the farm is dying?
7. What is Theresa's view on mercy at this point in her life?
8. What information is Howard able to give Rafferty about Alice's past as well as his own?
9. How does Howard describe his state of confusion in Chapter 11?
10. How does Alice refer to her map of the world while describing her jail experience?
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
Describe the overall setting for the novel. Why does Hamilton use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?
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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