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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. Where was Lila raped?

2. What is different about Gail when Alice sees her before the trial?

3. What does Alice put in her bag as she is packing for home at the end of Chapter 10?

4. Why does Alice choose one suspect over the other?

5. What is the name of the attorney representing Alice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alice's mother begin to do during Alice's junior year of college? What inspires her to do this?

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 Alice the night before her trial? What does her father tell her to do?

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

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

6. On the day of her trail, why is Alice's father not allowed in the courtroom? What does Alice think about this?

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

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

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

10. What does Meggesto ask Alice about that hurts her? Why does she have this reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucky is a memoir about actual events. Write a persuasive essay on the nature of memoir and how much of this book can be accepted as pure fact.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Think about Linda's reaction to her rape, both to the case and to Alice. Write an essay about Lila's behavior after she was raped and the reasons for her actions. How do they differ from Alice? How are they similar?

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