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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 decision does the grand jury return in Jamie's case?

2. What does Audra instruct the jury to remember in her closing statement?

3. Where does Jamie finally see Maggie's ghost?

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

5. What does the prosecutor tell the jury Jamie should be convicted of in her opening statement?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Allie do when a man flirts with her at a bar where she is drinking her sorrows away?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the character of Mia and what she symbolizes in the novel in general and/or to different characters.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how dreams are used throughout the novel to give insight into characters and illuminate themes.

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