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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. How does Mary escape the honeypot she plunges into?

2. Whose name is on Jack's boat?

3. Who invites Mary to the town bonfire?

4. What does Mary buy at the five-and-ten that she says Harrold would not approve of?

5. What is the relationship between Jack Strout and Julia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when Mary falls into a honeypot when she is running to Jack's dinghy?

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

8. How does Mary describe Jack's physical appearance when she first meets him?

9. Describe the scene Everett finds when he goes to Mary's cottage after she shoots Harrold.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Helen want Caroline to know the truth of her mother's story? In what way does she feel guilty about her role in Mary's imprisonment? What does she hope to achieve by giving Caroline money? Is she ashamed of her ambition and greed now that she looks back?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mary's decision-making process when she decides to kill Harrold. What other alternatives does she explore and discard before she decides to kill him with Jack's gun? What does she believe she will never have if he lives?

Essay Topic 3

Helen Scofield remembers her father saying "The reporter's job is simply to find its shape." What did he mean by this? Does Helen follow his advice when she writes Mary Amesbury's story?

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