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

2. With which of the following did Lily fence?

3. What is the name of the diner in Olivia’s hometown?

4. What color are Asher’s eyes?

5. At what age does Lily have her surgery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reasons does Lily posit for having chosen to play cello?

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

4. Why, per Olivia, does honey prevent hangovers?

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

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

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

8. How does the novel describe the process of making honey simple syrup?

9. In which of Ava’s features does Olivia discern Lily?

10. What does Asher note talking about with Ava upon first meeting her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of Mad Honey do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what opinion of the U.S. legal system does the novel present? How does it present that opinion?

Essay Topic 3

Assuming that Mad Honey should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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