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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 had been the name of Newcomb’s wife?

2. What make of car does Braden buy with Olivia?

3. Which officer was the first to respond at Lily’s house on the day of her death?

4. To whom does Boylan dedicate the novel?

5. For how many years was Olivia married to Braden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Olivia regard herself, however hatefully, as proof of female frailty?

2. How does the novel explain what a rescue call is?

3. How does the novel explain the tradition of telling bees their keeper has died?

4. Where does Newcomb take Olivia after leaving the prom?

5. What does Asher cite as evidence of Maya’s parents’ overprotectiveness?

6. How does the novel explain the origin of the name Slade Brook?

7. What prompts Braden to buy a luxury car?

8. What backup plan do Jordan and Selena initially have for Asher’s trial defense?

9. Why can Jordan not assist Olivia with making Asher’s bail?

10. How does Maya convince her parents to let her host a party after she loses a job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, what is the most important theme of Mad Honey. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

To what genre other than suspense might Mad Honey be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

A lack of formal sectional—as opposed to chapter-by-chapter—division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

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