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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. After returning to Wheelock and avoiding Cam, what does Mia finally agree to do?
2. What did Graham tell Allie was the one stipulation for mercy?
3. What does Cam do while he and Mia wait in the car outside the flower shop for Allie to carry in supplies?
4. Why does Graham ask for a temporary adjournment of the court?
5. What does Mia spill in Cam and Allie's car?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Allie do when a man flirts with her at a bar where she is drinking her sorrows away?
2. What does Cam do when the private detective locates Mia for him?
3. What does Cam say and do while he is on the witness stand?
4. Why does Jamie think he hasn't seen or felt Maggie since her death?
5. What different things does the coroner say on the stand that helps both the prosecution and the defense?
6. Why does Graham ask Allie to help him with Jamie's case?
7. What happens in Cam's dream at the end of the novel?
8. What does Allie do after discovering Cam is having an affair with Mia?
9. What does Ellen do to try to get Allie to forgive Cam?
10. What does Allie do one evening at her shop to try to help her situation with Cam?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did Allie and Cam evolve as characters from the beginning of the novel to the end?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the many ironic aspects of the novel and how they relate to the themes of love, loyalty and forgiveness.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss what Jamie does for a living and how Picoult used his work to illuminate both characters and themes. How does his work impact what happens between Jamie and Maggie?
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