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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 judge is assigned to hear Asher’s case?

2. In what year does Lily note blood fell from the sky in Colombia?

3. At what level is Asher’s bail set?

4. Which composer’s work does Lily play for her college audition?

5. What is the name of Lily’s surgeon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what did Jordan convince an elementary-school Olivia?

2. Why does Olivia have trouble remembering Asher’s practice schedule?

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

4. For what reason does Lily assume her mother looks tired?

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

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

7. What does an incarcerated Asher note missing?

8. Why does Lily think her mother is describing herself when speaking of people fighting hard to be happy?

9. How does Olivia attempt to rescue the hive attacked by a bear?

10. What ritual had Ava had with her mother that she hated?

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

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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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