Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Gail tell Alice about Dr. Husa, the woman who examined Alice on the night of her rape?
2. Who does Alice develop a crush on in her fiction class?
3. What does Paquette request before Alice's trial begins that is reminiscent of his actions during the lineup?
4. What item does Alice almost not recognize when asked to confirm its authenticity?
5. Who do Alice and her mother watch while they are trying to lose weight?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does Alice know that she chose the wrong suspect? What does her attorney say about this?
2. What does Meggesto question Alice at length about? Why does he do this?
3. What is unusual about both Alice's doctor and her original attorney? Why won't they let Gail act as Alice's attorney?
4. What outfit does Alice wear to her trial? What does Gail say is important about this?
5. After Alice finishes college, where does she go? Why is she happy to do this?
6. What is the name of Alice's attorney? Why does Alice like her attorney?
7. What number suspect does Alice mark? Why does she choose this one over the other?
8. What question is popular that the grand jury asks Alice? What does Alice try to play up to the grand jury?
9. Who is asked to leave the room when Alice is at the lineup? Why is she asked to leave?
10. When Alice goes to the lineup, what is she afraid of? What do the police assure her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Think about Alice's perception of fiction writers vs. poets, and Gallagher vs. Wolff. Why does Alice see herself a certain way? Who does she seem to identify with more? Why do you think this is?
Essay Topic 2
Lucky is a memoir about actual events. Write a persuasive essay on the nature of memoir and how much of this book can be accepted as pure fact.
Essay Topic 3
While Alice's attacker is raping her, he says mean things to her and beats her. However, after the attack his behavior changes dramatically. Write an essay explaining this change in behavior towards Alice and what this might mean in terms of power and forgiveness.
|
This section contains 688 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
