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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. When does the winter farmers’ market close?

2. What is the name of Jordan’s first son?

3. Where does Ava observe lynxes?

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

5. What is the name of the medical examiner who examined Lily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Lily tell on her first meeting with Olivia that meets with the latter’s approval?

2. Why does Olivia’s hometown celebrate Independence Day late?

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

4. How does the novel describe the role of the forensic pathologist?

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

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

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

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

9. What prevents Olivia from seeing Asher in jail immediately after his arraignment?

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

Sources attest to the presence of Mad Honey on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Picoult and Boylan’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 3

If there is a principal antagonist in the novel, who is it? How does the work support such an assertion?

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