View a FREE sample

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 relationship between Jack Strout and Julia?

2. What is Jack wearing when he comes to Caroline's cottage the day she shoots Harrold?

3. What kind of scholarship did Jack go to college on?

4. Why does Mary dress in layers when Harrold comes into her cottage bedroom?

5. Where does Mary go when Harrold is sleeping heavily on the couch in the living room cottage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Willis tell the reporter Helen Scofield after the trial?

2. What does Julia say to Helen about Mary's trial?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Mary tell Everett that Harrold did to her that night before she killed him?

8. Does Mary tell Jack the truth about Harrold and the abuse she suffered?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Willis Beale and his attitude toward Mary. Why does he tell the private investigator where Mary is living? What is he jealous of regarding Mary? Does his jealousy taint his comments about her to Helen?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Harrold loses control at the cottage. What enrages him? Do you think he will kill Mary "eventually"?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 811 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample