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My Sister’s Keeper
Jodi Picoult
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Prologue
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday, part 1
Wednesday, part 2
Thursday, part 1
Thursday, part 2
Friday
The Weekend
Monday, part 1
Monday, part 2
Tuesday
Wednesday, part 1
Wednesday, part 2
Thursday
Epilogue
Characters
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Anna Fitzgerald
Sara Fitzgerald
Campbell Alexander
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Character List
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Plot Overview
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Prologue
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday, part 1
Wednesday, part 2
Thursday, part 1
Thursday, part 2
Friday
The Weekend
Monday, part 1
Monday, part 2
Tuesday (2)
Wednesday (2), part 1
Wednesday (2), part 2
Thursday
Epilogue
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How to Write Literary Analysis
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Prologue Quiz
1
of 5
What epigraph opens the novel?
A quotation from War and Peace
Lines from "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"
A quotation from Von Kriege
A quip by Woody Allen about war
2
of 5
According to the epigraph, what must be clear before a person begins a war?
Who might help him, and who might fight him
What motivates him, and what might destroy him
What he wants to gain, and whom he plans to destroy
What he wants to achieve, and how he plans to achieve it
3
of 5
Who narrates the prologue?
An unknown narrator
A sociopath
A insane young woman
A ghost
4
of 5
What does this narrator describe in the prologue?
How she died
How she first got sick
How she tried to kill her sister
How she attacked her brother
5
of 5
Why does the narrator ultimately avoid acting on her desires?
Because she has a strong sense of morality
Because her sister did it for her
Because her dad told her not to
Because she was physically too weak
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