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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 does the doctor say Caroline has when Mary and Jack take her to the clinic?

2. What does Harrold do when he comes into the Mary's bedroom cottage?

3. Whose gun does Mary aim at Harrold when he is sleeping on the couch in her cottage?

4. What kind of sandwiches does Jack serve Mary when she is on his boat?

5. What does Harrold take from the refrigerator when he says he is hungry in the cottage kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Willis do that is annoying to Mary?

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

4. What is Jack's response when Mary tells him she thinks she brought on Harrold's abuse because she was a "catalyst" for Harrold's anger?

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

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

7. How does Jack characterize his marriage when he speaks of it to Mary?

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

9. What happens just before Mary kills Harrold?

10. How do we know that Willis lies to Helen about revealing Mary's location?

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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