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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. Whose murder was Elliot once loosely connected with?

2. In Chapter Twenty-Three, why does Luke say he is worried about Margot?

3. Why did Elliot tell Margot he hung around the stables?

4. What do Margot, Pete and Luke eat for dinner in Chapter Twenty-Three?

5. In Chapter Twenty-Five, what does Krissy tell Jodie she has never told anyone before?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty-Three, how does Margot's face get cut?

2. How does Krissy feel when the women from Wakarusa bring food to her house?

3. Why does Jace write to Krissy in Part IV?

4. Who does Krissy reconnect with in Part IV from her past and how does this reconnection change her life?

5. What does Peter say to Margot in Chapter Twenty-Three that makes her really angry?

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

7. Why does Margot think Elliot Wallace is a serial killer?

8. What does Margot ask Pete to do while she is in Chicago for a few days?

9. Why does Jace tell Margot he still brings flowers to January's grave every year?

10. What do Krissy and Billy find when they go back to their house the day after January is murdered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Flowers chooses to end the book with Margot, the main character, in such peril? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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