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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 ask Pete to help her track down?

2. What news breaks in the end of Chapter Seventeen?

3. What does Jace say he threw down the stairs in the basement the night January died?

4. When do people begin abandoning Krissy in Wakarusa?

5. What did Luke used to do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Krissy think Jace killed January?

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter Twenty-Five, why does Krissy cut Dave out of hers and Billy's lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Flowers's exploration of the topics of guilt and regret throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

How does Flowers explore the topic of the challenges facing caregivers for family members through Margot's and Luke's relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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