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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 friends come to visit Gillian after she stays home from school at the beginning of the book?

2. What do girls in Jack's class use table cloths for during a lesson?

3. What is the name of the woman Thomas takes to the dance?

4. Why is Catherine put into the soccer game near the end?

5. Why did Jack take Catherine to get her some birth control?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Meg do after she gets home from the Wiccan festival?

2. How did Addie get pregnant with Chloe?

3. How does Addie thank Jack for his help when they first meet?

4. What does Starshine tell Gillian about when she comes to buy Belladonna from her?

5. What did Wallace and Stuart say about young girls in the diner, and how did Jack respond to this?

6. When does Gillian say she was raped, and what happens after she says this?

7. What does Addie do after making Jack leave her house?

8. What does Gillian do when she visits her father's workplace?

9. What does Addie do when her fridge stops working?

10. Why does Jack decide to stop in Salem Falls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were many characters in this book who were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What were some of these instances, and how were those characters affected by the manipulation?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might Jodi Picoult have chosen these settings for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Compassion and empathy is a theme present in a number of places in the plot. What are some of the best examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the outcome of this book?

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