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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 the woman delivering a baby in the bed next to Annaliese?

2. What does Jack refuse to do when he is taken to prison in Salem Falls?

3. What did Jack's father die of?

4. Who decided that Meg should not testify?

5. What time did the bar close the night Jack and Roy were drinking together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Meg tell Gillian after Addie gives her testimony, and how does Gillian respond to this?

2. What do Jack and Addie choose to do at the end of the book?

3. What does Charlie take Gillian to a store to do, and what does this cause him to do?

4. What does Roy do on the day Addie took the stand?

5. What does Addie realize about Jack after seeing a TV Ad?

6. Why did Annaliese name her son Jack?

7. How did Jack's father die?

8. Who was Emma, and how did she impact Jack's life?

9. What happens to the woman who delivers a baby next to Annaliese?

10. What does Charlie do with Meg after the trial is over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

Essay Topic 2

Sexuality is a theme presented in a number of places in this plot, and is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

Essay Topic 3

Compassion and empathy is a theme present in a number of places in the plot. What are some of the best examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the outcome of this book?

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