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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 is the occupation of the father of Emily's baby in Chapter 36?

2. In Chapter 61, what time do Emma and Charlie park on the beach at Alnmouth?

3. In Chapter 42, when were Emily's antipsychotic drugs reduced?

4. What color pillow does Janice think Emily was using to smother Charlie in Chapter 42?

5. What does Emma take with her in Chapter 60 when she drives with Charlie to Alnmouth beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jill take Emma and lie to Leo and Emma?

2. Why does Emily contact Jeremy Rothschild after she learns she is pregnant, and what does he suggest?

3. Why did Leo drive to Alnmouth?

4. What is Jill's place like?

5. Why is Janice frightened in Chapter 43?

6. Why are Emma and Leo not married?

7. What does Jeremy tell Leo his thoughts were about Emma taking Charlie at the playground?

8. In Chapter 51, why does Jill tell Emma that she has picked her up?

9. How does Charlie know that the diary entry Emma reads about the smothering incident is true?

10. Why do Charlie and Jeremy come to Leo and Emma's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With Leo, Emma receives a second chance at happiness. How does Emma receive a second chance at happiness with Leo?

Essay Topic 2

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections and chapters told? How does each section and chapter add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints allow Walsh to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Postpartum depression is a condition some women struggle with after the birth of a child. How does Emily struggle with postpartum depression? How does it interfere with her care of Charlie and her decision-making skills?

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