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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. Which movement from Holst’s The Planets is Lily set to play?

2. With which of the following did Lily fence?

3. What position did Jonah play?

4. Which of the following edited the novel?

5. What kind of bird do Lily, Ava, and Asher see on their first outing together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the novel explain the effects of TTP?

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

4. What does Ava cite as early evidence of Lily’s status as trans?

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

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

7. Why does Olivia note Ava is a better mother than she?

8. For what reason does Asher ask his mother to be removed from his consultations with Jordan?

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

10. How does Lily turn her match against Seidlarz at Dartmouth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Picoult and Boylan’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Mad Honey. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Which parts of the novel are written by which author? How can you tell, based on the text and knowledge of the authors’ other writings?

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