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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 fish does Olivia recall can change from male to female?

2. Which of the following did Jordan previously defend?

3. How many autopsies did the medical examiner do on the day he examined Lily?

4. What kind of credit card does Asher joke about using?

5. What collective plural does Olivia posit for reporters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Olivia write a recipe for cranachan at Asher’s trial?

4. What are the relative merits of having Asher’s coach testify on his behalf?

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

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

7. What reasons does Olivia posit for Asher concealing the scars on his wrists?

8. Why does Olivia hold that her wedding day was the happiest in her marriage?

9. In the novel, what does the Felonies First program mean?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Mad Honey? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

Early in the novel, much is made of mourning rituals. Consider similar ceremonies in your own experience. How do they compare to those presented in Mad Honey?

Essay Topic 3

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of Mad Honey do so for the present novel? How or how not?

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