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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 Cam notice that suggests there was a struggle when Jamie killed Maggie?
(a) Scratches on Jamie's face and hands.
(b) Broken lamps.
(c) Bruises on Maggie.
(d) Bruises on Jamie.

2. How long has Angus lived in Wheelock?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Eighteen years.

3. As the novel begins, the woman puts all her husband's possessions from her house in ______ on the front lawn.
(a) Liquor boxes.
(b) Wooden crates.
(c) Garbage bags.
(d) The pond.

4. Where is Jamie staying after he is released from jail pending the trial?
(a) The Wheelock Inn.
(b) The Inn of the Clan.
(c) Angus's house.
(d) Ellen McDonald's house.

5. What does Jamie do at Maggie's graveside?
(a) Falls to his knees.
(b) Leaves a single rose.
(c) Spits on her grave.
(d) Jumps onto the coffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mia's name mean in Latin?

2. What does Mia give to Cam to toss into Maggie's grave?

3. What did the woman do with the big brass bed?

4. Who is Angus McDonald?

5. What did Angus think he was suffering from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in particular concerns Allie about her relationship with Cam?

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

3. What is the epiphany Jamie has while attending the library lecture?

4. In the opening of the novel, what does the woman do after her husband comes home to a house that has been emptied of his possessions?

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

6. What important information does Maggie's best friend tell Allie?

7. How does Ellen burn herself when she and Allie are trying out their healing potion?

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

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

10. Why does Angus McDonald leave Scotland and move to Wheelock?

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