The Dreams of Ada Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Bob Mayer
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Dreams of Ada Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Bob Mayer
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Jim Moyer tell Karen Wise after he finishes testifying that Ward and Fontenot were the two men he had seen in McAnally's?

2. Who writes, "I had a dream that I was at a keg party, then poof I was sitting in a pickup with two guys and a girl"?

3. Of all the Ward children, who is considered the most ambitious?

4. Who aids Attorney Don Wyatt with his research on the Haraway case?

5. At the end of Chapter 1, who gives police a description of the two suspects seen with Denice Haraway the night of April 28, 1984?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the journey made on April 28, 1909, that was proves to be vitally important to those involved in the Haraway case.

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

3. Why is Odell Titsworth dismissed as a suspect in Chapter 4?

4. Describe Lenny Timmons' testimony about the night Denice Haraway went missing.

5. Why does Barney Ward not want to represent Tommy Ward in Chapter 5?

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

7. Discuss the major evidence collected in the Rawlings' case as described by the narrator in Chapter 6.

8. Why are both Ward and Fontenot admitted to Eastern State Hospital?

9. What connection does District Attorney Bill Peterson make between his father's death and the Haraway case?

10. Who is Richard Kerner and what kind of relationship does he have with Don Wyatt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do both Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot confess to the murder of Denice Haraway? How do these confessions impact Ward's and Fontenot's futures, including their credibility or reliability?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the controversy over the composite sketches in the Denice Haraway murder case. How useful or reliable are composite sketches? Should composite sketches be used as evidence against a suspect? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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

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