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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 Elliott's sister?

2. What does Krissy know the women who visit her in Chapter Eighteen are going to gossip about?

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

4. Where does Margot go in the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?

5. What does Pete tell Margot about Jace?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Margot want to find Jace Jacobs so badly?

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

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

5. Why does Krissy think Jace killed January?

6. In Chapter Twenty-Four, what does Margot find hidden in Luke's desk that she thinks is very suspicious?

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

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

9. In Chapter Twenty-Five, what does Krissy tell Jodie that she has never told another soul?

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

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

How does Flowers establish and maintain suspense throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How do Krissy's secrets throughout the novel affect the course of the plot? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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