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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 the first murder case Margot ever covered?

2. Who does Margot meet from her past in Chapter Thirteen?

3. Who finds Luke when he wanders away from his house?

4. What do the police think about the graffiti on the barn in Chapter Seven?

5. What did Krissy always do before bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Margot find out some more about the town and people's feelings about recent events in Chapter Eight?

2. In Part II, what does Billy produce that he thinks makes Krissy look guilty?

3. How does Margot feel abotut her parents?

4. What ongoing problems did Luke and Rebecca have in their marriage?

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

6. What connection does Margot have to January?

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

8. What has happened with Margot's apartment?

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

10. What story is Natalie covering in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Why and when does Margot begin to suspect that her beloved Uncle Luke is hiding some significant secrets of his own? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Margot's later-in-life romantic relationship with Jodie Palmer change her life and her outlook radically? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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