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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 is the publisher of the paper Margot worked for?

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

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

4. What is Margot's father's name?

5. What is the name of Krissy's daughter who is killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Margot see who she thinks is following her?

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

5. Why is Luke recently having a harder time in his life?

6. Why does Margot get fired?

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

8. How does Margot feel abotut her parents?

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

10. What is hindering Margot's ability to do her job well in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Margot feel such a connection and kinship with January throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Flowers describe Margot's feelings about reporting - her job - throughout the novel? How does reporting become a part of Margot's self-identity? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Flowers chose to write this novel partially as flashbacks focusing on different characters' perspectives in between the present-day sections that focus on main character Margot's experiences? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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