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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only constant TV program on during the week in jail?
(a) Wheel of Fortune.
(b) Jeopardy.
(c) Law & Order.
(d) Oprah.

2. What does Alice note about a bride she sees on the street?
(a) She has missing teeth.
(b) She is radiant.
(c) She looks sad.
(d) She is very tall.

3. How does Robbie show in court the horrible things that Alice supposedly did to him?
(a) He uses paper dolls.
(b) He uses a poster.
(c) He uses a picture in a book.
(d) He uses a doll.

4. What does Howard leave at the house?
(a) Curtains.
(b) Stamp collection.
(c) A chest of historical items.
(d) Washer and dryer.

5. Who helps Howard with the girls and provides dinner in the evenings?
(a) Miss Bowman.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Nellie.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alice's trial is set for which month?

2. Which of the following is NOT something about court that Theresa compares to religion?

3. Who is Alice's cell mate?

4. Howard describes a quote by ________________ which is carved over the courthouse entrance.

5. What does Alice hear a lot while in jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Howard and the girls prepare to move out of the farmhouse?

2. How does Theresa add comfort to the lives of Howard and the girls at the same time that the farm is dying?

3. What is happening in the Goodwin's lives that starts to let them feel normal again?

4. What happens after Howard and the girls leave the jail and what does Howard bring up in a letter he writes to Alice?

5. How does Howard describe his state of confusion in Chapter 11?

6. How does Alice describe jail and why is it so difficult for her?

7. What are Alice's thoughts about religion as she is locked up?

8. What is Howard's interpretation of Alice's fleeing from the girls when they visit the jail for the first time?

9. What is the purpose of the interviews conducted with Alice's daughters and the Child Welfare Office?

10. What is Howard's perspective on the Goethe quote carved above the courthouse entrance?

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