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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 does Margot see following her in Chapter Fifteen?

2. What does Krissy remember first from the night of January's death?

3. Who does Jace say was January's imaginary friend?

4. What did Elliot say when Margot asked if he knew January?

5. Where is Margot on her way when Linda calls her to tell her she might have a lead on someone who knows Jace?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Seventeen, why does Margot go to Chicago?

2. What happens to Krissy after the Sandy Watters interview?

3. How does Krissy adjust to married life in Part III?

4. Why does Pete tell Margot he understands what she is going through with Luke?

5. How does Krissy remember she felt about raising Jace?

6. What does Margot repeatedly say to Luke when she is trying to get him to remember who she is?

7. Who does Margot see in the picture of one of January's dance recitals in Chapter Twenty-Three?

8. What is something Margot notices Luke doing as his dementia progresses?

9. What does Eli tell Margot that helps her find Jace?

10. When does Jace realize for the first time that Krissy thinks he killed January?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flowers imbues the novel with many plot twists and turns, and a few red herrings. What aspects of the plot do you find both more and less plausible, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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