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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 band does Asher note Lily had told him changed their name?

2. How many bees does Olivia estimate are in a pound of bees?

3. What name does Olivia give to the queen who succeeds Celine?

4. At what age did Asher start playing hockey?

5. In what school was Lily enrolled?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What motion does Jordan make first after the prosecution rests?

4. Why does Olivia note Ava is a better mother than she?

5. How is the process of Lily’s medical transition glossed by the surgeon who performed the surgical portion of her transition?

6. In the novel, what is a steamed cheese?

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

8. For what reason does Asher ask his mother to be removed from his consultations with Jordan?

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

10. In which of Ava’s features does Olivia discern Lily?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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

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