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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. What does Allie see on Maggie's body as she watches the coroner's examination?

2. What does Mia give to Cam to toss into Maggie's grave?

3. Cam would have preferred to give his honorary title up and become what?

4. What potion does Allie help Ellen prepare?

5. What does Jamie always call Cam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jamie's occupation and how did it involve Maggie?

2. After she has sold everything and is waiting for her husband to come home, what does the woman remember reading about?

3. Why does Angus McDonald leave Scotland and move to Wheelock?

4. What does Cam think Mia smells like?

5. What does Cam realize as he is saying the rosary at church?

6. What reaction does Cam have to Mia the first time he sees her in Allie's shop?

7. What important information does Maggie's best friend tell Allie?

8. What is the epiphany Jamie has while attending the library lecture?

9. What surprising information does Cam learn from the private detective?

10. What is Jamie's theory about marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dicuss the quote at the beginning of Part II in terms of who and what you think Picoult is referring to. Who was bold in their actions? Was mercy received and was it what the character(s) is expecting it to be?

"Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy." -Shakespeare, Timmons of Athens

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Jamie's confession introduces the theme of euthanasia into the story. Does the term "good death" apply to how Jamie killed Maggie? What about the scratches on Jamie's arms?

Essay Topic 3

What does Graham MacPhee mean when he tells Allie: "Remorse is the one stipulation for mercy"? Explain fully how the concepts of forgiveness and mercy are intertwined in the novel.

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