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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. Where does Laura have a cut in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 1, what is Laura wearing?

3. How many surgeries did Laura have to have after her car accident?

4. How old is Laura?

5. In Chapter 8, where is Laura's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Miriam decide to check on a young man whose boat has been moored two days longer than he is entitled to be?

2. What does Miriam believe that Theo Myerson did to her?

3. What does Miriam have in the wooden box where she keeps her trinkets?

4. What conversation does Laura have with her mother when she calls her in Chapter 8?

5. What does Miriam do every second Sunday?

6. What does Laura do after she wraps her arm in toilet paper?

7. How did Carla and Theo's son Ben die?

8. Where does Carla feel most at home?

9. What does Carla remember about Ben's third birthday?

10. How does Laura remember her father and Deidre reacting after she snuck out of the house when she was 13 and went to a party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Theo gets writer’s block after Ben’s death. How does the author use figurative language to describe Theo’s struggles and victories with writing?

Essay Topic 2

Theo and Clara separated after Ben died. Why did Theo and Clara separate? What role did blame and guilt play in their separation?

Essay Topic 3

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does A Slow Fire Burning take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

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