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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 is Harrison Harding?

2. Who is the first witness for the prosecution?

3. Angus finds a picture of who as children playing together?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Cam say and do while he is on the witness stand?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Jamie think he hasn't seen or felt Maggie since her death?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does betrayal play in the novel Mercy?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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