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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 question doesn't Lily ask Jack after their first night together?

2. What does Lily tell Mookie as they walk to the mailbox together?

3. What awakens Lily from her nightmare in Chapter Six?

4. What does Lanette tell Lily at the church?

5. How does Lily know that Mookie has been at Winthop's Sporting Goods store a lot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Lily chosen Shakespeare as her home?

2. Where does Lily run into the man with the ponytail throughout Chapter Four?

3. What thoughts go through Lily's mind as she is cleaning Deedra's apartment in Chapter Seven?

4. Why does Lily tell Darcy and Cleve that she and Jack are seeing each other, and why does this anger Jack?

5. What information does Jack share with Lily about why he is in Shakespeare?

6. What happens to Lily while she is at the Winthrop's to clean Beanie's closet?

7. How does Howell react to Lily's presence in his home while it was broken into?

8. What happens to Marie, and how is Lily involved?

9. What realizations does Lily come to while cleaning Mookie Preston's house?

10. What transpires between Bobo and Lily when he comes to the house after she does not show up for karate class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the characteristics of Claude and Carrie contradictory to the effect that they have on the incidents that occur in Shakespeare?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the setting of the novel. What is the significance of the small town with one major industry? How does the setting affect the theme of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Write a persuasive piece discussing Lily's involvement in Marie's death. Choose a side and discuss whether Lily had the moral and legal right to allow Marie to die at home.

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