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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. For how long are Ward and Fontenot committed by Judge Powers to Eastern State Hospital?

2. Why does Tricia Wolf's brother, Melvin, call her in Chapter 8?

3. At the end of Chapter 6, who is notified to appear at the courthouse in January to testify as a witness to Denice Haraway's character?

4. What type of store is McAnally's?

5. Which of the two defendants, Ward and Fontenot, does Karen Wise positively identify in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dream Arlene Cameron has in Chapter 5.

2. What two things are District Attorney Bill Peterson trying to establish through the four young witnesses who are a part of Ada's "running crowd"?

3. According to the narrator, what was the turning point in the Ward family?

4. Who is in the small courtroom at the opposite end of the hallway in the beginning of Chapter 8? Why are they in the courtroom?

5. Why does Tricia Wolf punch Bud Wolf in the shoulder while reading the newspaper at the end of Chapter 5?

6. Why are there no spectators at the March hearing of the State of Oklahoma versus Ward / Fontenot?

7. Why do detectives dismiss Tommy Ward as a potential suspect in the disappearance of Denice Haraway in Chapter 2?

8. What information does Jeff Miller give to Detective Dennis Smith at the beginning of Chapter 3?

9. In Chapter 4, how does Tricia Ward's father react when she tells him her brother Jimmy was smoking marijuana?

10. Describe Tommy Ward's relationship with his father as seen in the essay Ward wrote for Don Wyatt in Chapter 8.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact the Bible and God had on Tommy Ward while he awaited his verdict in jail.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the nature of the perception of reality and dreams as seen in The Dreams of Ada.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the issue of justice and its role in society as related in The Dreams of Ada.

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