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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. Who takes the fall with the cops for Billy on the football field?

2. Where do the police suggest Krissy and Billy stay the night January's body is found?

3. What did Krissy always do before bed?

4. What does Jace tell Krissy he is scared of in Chapter Three?

5. Who does Townsend think killed January?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story is Natalie covering in Part I?

2. What do the detectives zero in on during their visit to January's room?

3. Why does Margaret return to her hometown of Wakarusa?

4. Who do many in Wakarusa killed January?

5. What kindness does Pete say Margot did for him in elementary school?

6. What connection does Margot have to January?

7. What does Krissy expect when she tells Billy she is pregnant when they are both 18?

8. What does Margot do for a living and how does she feel about her job?

9. What crime case is Wakarusa fascinated with almost 25 years after it happens?

10. What does Krissy Jacobs think when she sees the spray-paint on her wall in 1994?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Krissy always feel as if she, as January's mother, was always under greater scrutiny and suspicion as a potential suspect than Billy, as the father, was? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do the police fixate on the fact that January participated in dancing competitions, and specifically on her costumes, early in her murder investigation? How does Krissy feel about this turn in the investigation, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Flowers treat the topic of infertility and its impact on families and marriages throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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