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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. What news breaks in the end of Chapter Seventeen?

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

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

4. What does Jace's old friend tell Margot that Jace still does every year?

5. How many children does Jodie have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pete tell Margot about Jace Jacobs before she goes to interview him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is January's favorite thing in the world to do?

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

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does Flowers treat the topic of early-onset dementia through Luke's character? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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