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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. To which of the following is the physician who performed Lily’s surgery compared?

2. Which of the following edited the novel?

3. The song of which of the following birds usually wakes Olivia in the spring?

4. Which composer’s work is Lily set to play?

5. Who is Asher’s hockey coach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel describe the process of making honey simple syrup?

2. What does Ava cite as early evidence of Lily’s status as trans?

3. How does Newcomb describe his first experience testifying in court?

4. Why does Jordan find himself envious of the prosecutor as he awaits Asher’s verdict?

5. How does the novel gloss the term “chaser”?

6. Why does Lily think the gender-distribution of orchestral musicians strange?

7. Why, per Olivia, does honey prevent hangovers?

8. Why, per the novel, is mad honey to be avoided?

9. Per Asher, what did Lily want to do with Yo-Yo Ma, and why?

10. How does Olivia report having read Lord of the Rings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What character is the protagonist of Mad Honey? How does the novel support such an assertion?

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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