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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. Who accompanies Alice to the Public Safety Building on November 4th?

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

3. While Alice waits for the grand jury, what does she do?

4. What is the last question the ADA asks Alice before he turns questioning over to the defense attorney?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. During her junior year of college, who does Alice date? What does she like about him?

2. Who does Alice ask to come with her to the preliminary hearing? What happens that Alice is unaware of at the time but understands now?

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

4. Who is asked to leave the room when Alice is at the lineup? Why is she asked to leave?

5. What does Alice focus on when the defense attorneys question her? Why does she do this?

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

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

8. What does Meggesto question Alice at length about? Why does he do this?

9. What movie do Alice and Lila laugh at and get in trouble? Why is the man angry?

10. What outfit does Alice wear to her trial? What does Gail say is important about this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about Alice's perception of fiction writers vs. poets, and Gallagher vs. Wolff. Why does Alice see herself a certain way? Who does she seem to identify with more? Why do you think this is?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Think about the clothes Alice wears at important times in her life. Write an essay discussing the significance of the clothing Alice wears at critical points in the book, using at least three examples.

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