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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 was the amount of the bond set for Jamie?

2. Where does Cam run into Mia in Chapter 6?

3. After all her husband's possessions are sold, what does the woman hand out as people pass her yard?

4. Who surprises Mia when she comes to the flower shop unannounced while Allie is out of town?

5. Why does Allie sneak out of her flower shop and over to the police station?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader sense about Cam's feelings for Mia after they are introduced in his kitchen?

2. Why does Jamie dislike the prosecutor in his case?

3. What does Cam think Mia smells like?

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

5. What does Allie learn about Maggie's condition from her doctor?

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

7. What kind of wife is Allie to Cam?

8. Why does Allie envy Maggie?

9. What does Jamie remember about the night Maggie asked him to kill her?

10. What does Angus tell Cam when Cam asks if he could stay in Carrymuir while Angus goes back to Wheelock and becomes clan chief?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Jamie's confession introduces the theme of euthanasia into the story. Does the term "good death" apply to how Jamie killed Maggie? What about the scratches on Jamie's arms?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what Jamie does for a living and how Picoult used his work to illuminate both characters and themes. How does his work impact what happens between Jamie and Maggie?

Essay Topic 3

What role does betrayal play in the novel Mercy?

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