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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 does Dan do to avoid thinking about Lizzy?
(a) Drinks.
(b) Reads.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Works.
2. What is Howard doing when Theresa comes to the house?
(a) Cleaning Emma's stained T-shirt.
(b) Helping the girls with homework.
(c) Milking cows.
(d) Fixing supper.
3. Who is the Assistant District Attorney in Alice's case?
(a) Melanie Dyer.
(b) Janet Devor.
(c) Anne Mason.
(d) Susan Dirks.
4. Which of the following is NOT a topic Howard puts in his letter to Alice?
(a) He is in love with Theresa.
(b) They are blackballed by babysitters.
(c) Emma cannot start kindergarten.
(d) He wants to sell the farm.
5. What does Alice note about a bride she sees on the street?
(a) She is radiant.
(b) She looks sad.
(c) She is very tall.
(d) She has missing teeth.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Alice wearing when she sees the girls?
2. About what does Theresa cry in Howard's arms?
3. Who is Alice's cell mate?
4. How does Robbie show in court the horrible things that Alice supposedly did to him?
5. Howard meditates on the impact of personality in history and cites Mikhail Gorbachev and __________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Theresa add comfort to the lives of Howard and the girls at the same time that the farm is dying?
2. How do the girls adapt to "hobo life" as Howard calls their apartment adventure?
3. How does Howard describe his state of confusion in Chapter 11?
4. How is the Goodwin family's life in the apartment radically different from the farm where they belong?
5. How does Theresa compare court to church?
6. What is Howard's perspective on the Goethe quote carved above the courthouse entrance?
7. What are the details of Howard's sale of the farm and how much does he accept for its purchase?
8. What is the story about a dog and a tangled leash that recurs throughout the novel?
9. How does Alice describe jail and why is it so difficult for her?
10. What happens after Howard and the girls leave the jail and what does Howard bring up in a letter he writes to Alice?
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