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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. Who comes to the flower shop and tells Cam there is trouble at the station?

2. Where is James McDonald's dead wife when he come to the station to confess to her murder?

3. What does Allie offer to the strange woman she finds in her flower shop?

4. What does Allie find in the spare bedroom at Jamie's house?

5. Who is Pauline Cioffi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cam think Mia smells like?

2. What is Mia's strongest childhood memory?

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

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

5. How did the Clan McDonald end up settling in Wheelock, Massachusetts?

6. What kind of wife is Allie to Cam?

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

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

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

10. What reaction does Cam have to Mia the first time he sees her in Allie's shop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Mercy a story of the tests that challenge people every day and the mistakes that define a life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how dreams are used throughout the novel to give insight into characters and illuminate themes.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Mia and what she symbolizes in the novel in general and/or to different characters.

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