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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. Where does Mary call her mother from each week?

2. What is the name of the neighbor who owns the blue Cape house next door to the cottage Mary rents?

3. What is the result of the first trial in Mary's murder case?

4. When does Mary call her mother each week?

5. Who took care of Caroline while Mary is in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary believe that Harrold could successfully use a fork as a weapon to harm her?

2. Why does Mary think Jack is good with children?

3. What items does Mary find in a cabinet when she is on Jack's boat?

4. Why does Mary put herself at risk when she gives the doctor at the clinic Caroline's pediatrician's name and number?

5. What happens to Mary the night of the bonfire?

6. How does Everett try to protect Mary from being found when the detective questions him?

7. Why do Jack and Mary take Caroline to the clinic in Machias?

8. Why does Mary decide not to run away from Harrold or call the police after he passes out on the couch?

9. How does Harrold act when he comes to the cottage to find Mary?

10. How does Mary's mother find out she has left Harrold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Harrold and his father. What happened in Harrold's childhood that Maureen believes scarred him for life? Does this make her feel sympathetic toward him?

Essay Topic 2

What happens between Maureen and Harrold the night that Maureen runs away to Maine? Why does this event make her determined to separate herself from him? How is she smarter about the choices she makes in getting away this time?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of abuse in this novel and its effect on Maureen emotionally and physically. How does it isolate her from others? Why does she feel she cannot tell anyone about the abuse?

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