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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. Who invites Mary to the town bonfire?

2. Where does Mary call her mother from each week?

3. How many times does Mary shoot Harrold?

4. What does Harrold use to threaten Mary's life when he is at the cottage?

5. What does Mary say she saw when she looks out the window of her cottage after shooting Harold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary do when Jack has been out too long in his boat on a foggy day?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship like between Jack and his wife? What is she suffering from? Why does he feel he can never leave her? In what way does that feeling change as the story evolves?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the relationship between Mary and Jack. What attracts her to him? What do they give each other in terms of comfort and happiness?

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