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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 Jack say the girls in the woods were doing when he saw them?

2. What is the name of the woman Jack's mother hires as a housekeeper?

3. How does Jordan cut his face?

4. How does Thomas feel about the relationship between his father and Selena?

5. What is Althea's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack refuse to do when he is in prison, and why?

2. What does Gillian do to her hair and why?

3. What does Meg tell Gillian after Addie gives her testimony, and how does Gillian respond to this?

4. What kind of necklace did Chelsea wear during her testimony?

5. What does Jack say the girls were doing when he saw them in the woods?

6. What happens to the woman who delivers a baby next to Annaliese?

7. Why does Jordan say it was unlikely the wound on Jack's face came from Gillian?

8. What does Charlie say to Addie at the end of the book?

9. What does Chelsea tell Thomas in confidence, and what does Thomas do about this?

10. What does Charlie take Gillian to a store to do, and what does this cause him to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

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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