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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. What does the suspect agree to provide samples of?

2. What music do Alice and Jamie listen to in his apartment?

3. What movie do Alice and Lila get in trouble for laughing at?

4. What is the name of the dog Alice sits with on the Fourth of July and watches fireworks?

5. What does Meggesto ask Alice about during the preliminary hearing that hurts her a lot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake did the police make so that Alice has to go through the grand jury? Why does she have to do this?

2. What question is popular that the grand jury asks Alice? What does Alice try to play up to the grand jury?

3. When does Alice know that she chose the wrong suspect? What does her attorney say about this?

4. What happens to Lila while Alice is at a poetry reading? What is her reaction to Alice after her rape?

5. What item does Alice have a hard time identifying during her trial? What makes her burst into tears shortly thereafter?

6. What lie does Alice tell Jamie one night when they are at the bar? Why does she tell him this?

7. How many years is Madison sentenced to? What is Alice's mother's reaction when she tells her?

8. What is the name of Alice's attorney? Why does Alice like her attorney?

9. What is unusual about both Alice's doctor and her original attorney? Why won't they let Gail act as Alice's attorney?

10. When Alice goes to the lineup, what is she afraid of? What do the police assure her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Alice sees her rapist and things get hectic, Ken "wimps out." Write an essay on how Alice's view of Ken changes throughout her ordeal, providing at least three examples.

Essay Topic 2

Alice ends her memoir with the statement "Both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand." Write an essay explaining this quote and Alice's ending and what conclusion she has come to.

Essay Topic 3

Think about Alice's boyfriend Steve Carbonaro, and his obsession with Man of La Mancha. Write an essay on how Alice's viewpoint differs from Steve's, and how the two inevitably break up as a result. Be sure to use examples in your argument.

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