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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 Jamie tell Allie she should do about Cam?

2. What does Allie burn in her shop?

3. What does Mia leave on her bed at the hotel for Cam to find?

4. Who testifies about the condition of Jamie and Maggie's hotel room?

5. Where does Cam find all his uniforms after Allie sells them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Cam do when the private detective locates Mia for him?

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

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

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

8. What does Graham warn Jamie about after the jury is selected?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following quotes used at the beginning of the novel to discuss the plot and themes of Mercy as they are illuminated through the quote:

1. "Who will not mercy unto others show,/How can he mercy ever hope to have?" -Edmund Spenser, The Fairie Queene

2. "A man gazing on the stars is proverbially/at the mercy of the puddles on the road." -Alexander Smith, Men of Letters

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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