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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 did Daniel have knife wounds?

2. How old was Daniel when he learned to talk?

3. How old is Daniel when Carla begins seeing her sister Angela again?

4. When does Nicholas, the owner of Books on a Boat, see a therapist?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 10, who does Detective Barker interview?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Miriam take from the boat where the young man died?

2. How was Laura injured?

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

4. Why is Irene glad to have Angela's books?

5. What happened the day Angela's body was found?

6. What does Miriam do every second Sunday?

7. Why did Carla think that Theo's writing success might end their marriage, and why did it not?

8. When the police ask Laura about her relationship with Daniel, what does she say?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miriam and a friend were abducted when they were teenagers. What happened to Miriam’s friend, Lorraine, when they were abducted? Why does Miriam blame herself for her friend’s death?

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in A Slow Burning Fire? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

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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