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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. Which of the following was implicated in vandalizing Olivia’s wares?

2. Jordan suggests Olivia distract herself by writing the lyrics to what song?

3. In what town do Braden and Olivia settle?

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

5. Which queen’s colony does Olivia attend to first in the spring?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What, in the novel, is the story of Aristaeus?

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

8. To what does Lily ascribe the delay in her mother getting ibuprofen?

9. What is Olivia’s favorite holiday ornament, and why is it her favorite?

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

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

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Assuming that Mad Honey should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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