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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. How did Cam's father die?

2. What is the name of Jamie's hometown?

3. For what reason does Cam come to Allie's shop shortly after she finds the strange woman?

4. What does Jamie use to kill his wife?

5. What does Cam find out that his mother did before he was born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Jamie's concern when Allie volunteers to go to his hometown of Cummington and speak to his neighbors and friends?

5. Why does Cam have more influence in Wheelock than a typical police chief?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What does Mia tell Cam as they are cleaning up the pictures she spilled in the bedroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Cam's contradictory convictions and how does he struggle with them throughout the novel? Does he finally resolve them by the end of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the true protagonist of Mercy, Jamie or Cam? Is there a hero in the novel? Fully explain your answer with references to both plot and themes.

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of the second-person notes between the chapters? Who is the author and who are they intended for? What impact do they have on character development and themes of Mercy?

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