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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 spill in Cam and Allie's car?

2. What does Cam think the Allie he knew would have done if he cheated on her?

3. What does Mia give Cam for a Christmas present?

4. Who does Cam close the door on in his dream?

5. What holiday does Cam have to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellen do to try to get Allie to forgive Cam?

2. What does Mia finally tell Cam after they go ice skating in New Hampshire?

3. What happens when Cam gets a call about a robbery in progress on Thanksgiving?

4. Why does Graham ask Allie to help him with Jamie's case?

5. What does Maggie's best friend say on the stand when the prosecutor asks her if she is angry with Jamie for killing Maggie?

6. How does the coroner almost ruin the prosecution's case against Jamie?

7. What different things does the coroner say on the stand that helps both the prosecution and the defense?

8. What happens in Cam's dream at the end of the novel?

9. What defense does the psychiatrist suggest Graham use for Jamie's case?

10. Why is Graham nervous after Jamie's trial date is set?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare the relationships of Cam and Allie and Jamie and Maggie. What did each relationship represent? How did they evolve throughout the novel? What did the individuals discover about themselves through the relationship?

Essay Topic 3

What was Jamie's theory about marriage? How did it apply to what he did to Maggie as well as her asking him to do it? How did it apply to Allie and Cam's marriage?

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