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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 does Mia teach Allie about while they work together in the flower shop?

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

3. While staying at Jamie's house, what of Maggie's does Allie use?

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

5. What does Jamie use to kill his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mia's strongest childhood memory?

2. Why does Cam secretly hire a lawyer for Jamie?

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

4. What kind of wife is Allie to Cam?

5. Why does Graham's excitement about Jamie's case diminish after he talks to Jamie?

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

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

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

9. What does Cam think Mia smells like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How is the stained glass panel used as a symbol throughout the novel? Explain fully what it represents from the prologue to the end of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Dicuss the quote at the beginning of Part II in terms of who and what you think Picoult is referring to. Who was bold in their actions? Was mercy received and was it what the character(s) is expecting it to be?

"Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy." -Shakespeare, Timmons of Athens

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