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

2. What is the only thing left in the house that reminds the woman of the man in the Prologue?

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

4. What does Cam do when he is alone with Mia the day after Jamie's confession?

5. Why does Allie remain hidden under the boat for a few minutes after she falls in the water on her fishing trip with Cam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Mia's strongest childhood memory?

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

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

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. Why does Cam secretly hire a lawyer for Jamie?

8. What does Mia contemplate doing as she looks through Cam and Allie's medicine cabinet?

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

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 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

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

Essay Topic 3

What role does betrayal play in the novel Mercy?

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