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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 Howard doing when Theresa comes to the house?
(a) Milking cows.
(b) Fixing supper.
(c) Cleaning Emma's stained T-shirt.
(d) Helping the girls with homework.

2. Who is the Assistant District Attorney in Alice's case?
(a) Melanie Dyer.
(b) Susan Dirks.
(c) Janet Devor.
(d) Anne Mason.

3. Howard refers to The Gettysburg Address which was written by whom?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) George Washington.

4. Why does Theresa feel guilty about Alice's arrest?
(a) She planted the stories that the children tell about Alice.
(b) She could have cleared everything up if she had been in town.
(c) She made a phone call to the sheriff's office about Alice.
(d) She reinforced the lies of the children when questioned.

5. How much money does Howard accept for the farm?
(a) $175,000.
(b) $500,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $425,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice do between meals in jail?

2. Alice likens jail to ________________________.

3. Howard wants to move as far away as Alaska or ___________________.

4. What surgery does Alice have while in jail?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Theresa tell Howard regarding her feelings about her and her life with Dan now?

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

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

5. Describe Theresa's last night with Howard and the girls.

6. What is Theresa's response to Alice's arrest and what role will she probably play in Alice's defense?

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

8. What information is Howard able to give Rafferty about Alice's past as well as his own?

9. What are the details of Howard's sale of the farm and how much does he accept for its purchase?

10. What is Theresa's view on mercy at this point in her life?

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