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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jamie use to kill his wife?
(a) Poison.
(b) A pillow.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

2. Cam is the direct descendant of the heroic chief and now holds the honorary title of chief of the ________.
(a) Clan Carrymuir.
(b) Cailmuir Clan.
(c) McDonish Clan.
(d) Clan McDonald.

3. Before leaving the graveside, what does Jamie whisper into Maggie's coffin?
(a) Mo chridhe.
(b) I'm sorry.
(c) Mo chirdlemuir
(d) Please forgive me.

4. Where did Mia once work in a café about the same time Cam was there?
(a) Paris.
(b) Venice.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

5. Which defense does Graham decide to use at Jamie's trial?
(a) The euthanasia defense.
(b) Temporary insanity.
(c) Self defense.
(d) Mental instabilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cam ask Mia after they are officially introduced in his kitchen?

2. Why does Allie offer for Mia to spend that night at her house the first day they meet?

3. As Cam sits at work at the beginning of the novel, what does he close his eyes and dream about?

4. Where does the woman hide the one object that reminds her of her husband?

5. What time is it when the husband drives up to his house and sees the woman sitting in the yard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cam realize as he is saying the rosary at church?

2. After she has sold everything and is waiting for her husband to come home, what does the woman remember reading about?

3. What kind of wife is Allie to Cam?

4. Why is euthanasia not a good defense for Jamie's trial?

5. Why did Jamie come to Wheelock to kill Maggie?

6. What is significant about the newspaper article Cam reads while he is waiting for Mia to bring dinner back to the flower shop one night?

7. What is significant about the first picnic Allie and Cam had together?

8. What is the library lecture given by Verona MacBean about?

9. What does Mia contemplate doing as she looks through Cam and Allie's medicine cabinet?

10. What does Allie offer to do while Jamie goes into the police station with Cam after he confesses to murder?

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