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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of bird startles Olivia as she searches for Asher amid his trial?
(a) Quail.
(b) Dove.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Pheasant.

2. What is the name of the diner in Olivia’s hometown?
(a) D-9.
(b) C-4.
(c) B-2.
(d) A-1.

3. Which of the following instruments does Lily note is gendered feminine?
(a) Cimbasso.
(b) Timpani.
(c) Glockenspiel.
(d) Harp.

4. Who is Lily’s fencing coach?
(a) Powers.
(b) Teeling.
(c) Jameson.
(d) Hyde.

5. At which college is Boylan a writer-in-residence?
(a) Gonville and Caius.
(b) B.I. Moody III.
(c) Barnard.
(d) Carlos Alvarez.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following do the authors note wanting to co-write?

2. How many years of experience as an attorney does Jordan claim?

3. From what state does Olivia order bees?

4. How does the novel gloss the term “copacetic”?

5. Per the novel, who was repelled from Persia in 399 BC?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difference does Lily note between herself in Asher in their early exchange of personal secrets?

2. Why does Jordan find himself envious of the prosecutor as he awaits Asher’s verdict?

3. What biological reason does Olivia note for the survival of bees?

4. What evidence of a skunk’s presence at her hives does Olivia have?

5. Per Asher, what did Lily want to do with Yo-Yo Ma, and why?

6. How does Newcomb describe his first experience testifying in court?

7. In the novel, what is a steamed cheese?

8. How is the process of Lily’s medical transition glossed by the surgeon who performed the surgical portion of her transition?

9. Why, per the novel, is mad honey to be avoided?

10. How does the novel gloss the term “chaser”?

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