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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 was Laura's father's job when she was a child?

2. What type of sofa does Laura have in her living room?

3. What was Daniel's mother's name?

4. When does Miriam remember that Carla Myerson visited her nephew with a bottle of wine?

5. Who is the first person Laura tries to call in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Miriam find when she check on a young man on a boat?

2. What does Miriam do every second Sunday?

3. Why is Irene glad to have Angela's books?

4. At the end of Chapter 10, what does Carla remember about a conversation she had with Daniel and Angela?

5. What conversation does Laura have with her mother when she calls her in Chapter 8?

6. What does Theo tell the police that he saw Saturday morning?

7. How did Carla and Theo's son Ben die?

8. What is Irene's favrorite reading spot and why?

9. Why does Laura struggle to match her outward behavior to her emotional state?

10. What does Laura remember about being with Daniel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of A Slow Burning Fire and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 2

Laura discovers that what she is told about her accident is not true. How does Laura learn the truth about her accident? Why does she feel betrayed when she learns the truth?

Essay Topic 3

A red herring is information that misleads readers. What are some red herrings in the A Slow Burning Fire? How do they deceive characters and readers? How do the red herrings create twists in the plot?

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