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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 is unusual about Jamie's clothes the day he takes the stand in his trial?

2. What does Allie find in Cam's duffel bag as she looks for laundry?

3. Where does Cam tell Allie he is going so that he can take Mia on a trip?

4. Where do Cam and Mia go away for a weekend?

5. Where does Allie go after she leaves Cam standing their yard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Allie do one evening at her shop to try to help her situation with Cam?

2. What does Allie discover on New Year's Eve?

3. What several things happen the Monday morning after Cam and Mia's trip to New Hampshire?

4. What does Jamie tell the prosecutor when she asks him why he didn't remove the pillow when Maggie struggled?

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

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

7. What does Allie do after discovering Cam is having an affair with Mia?

8. What does Jamie realize when he sees Maggie's ghost in the copy room at the courthouse?

9. What did Jamie and Maggie do on their last night together?

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

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 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

Discuss the many ironic aspects of the novel and how they relate to the themes of love, loyalty and forgiveness.

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