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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 Cindy give Lindsay the first time they talk?

2. Whom does Lindsay invite to join her and Claire for drinks after discussing the DeGeorges?

3. Who does the driver of the limo claimed hired him?

4. What does Lindsay thing about the Brandt and the DeGeorge murders?

5. On what floor is the Brandt crime scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gerald Brandt's respond to Lindsay's call about his business dealings after the story hits the paper?

2. What is Chris Raleigh's job before he is introduced on the Bride and Groom case?

3. Why does Lindsay agree to give Cindy the inside scoop on the DeGeorge murders?

4. How does the sales associate at Saks react to the strange man watching Becky try on her wedding dress?

5. How does Claire respond to Lindsay's news about her illness?

6. What is Melanie Brandt doing when the murderer enters her hotel room?

7. What causes Lindsay to cry at the end of Chapter 25?

8. What is Lindsay doing when she learns that the DeGeorges have been murdered?

9. What kind of couple are David and Melanie Brandt?

10. What does Cindy say to Lindsay as she slips her her business card in the hotel bathroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze at least four different ways the story of "1st to Die" would change if the setting were in a rural, Midwestern town instead of San Francisco.

Essay Topic 2

Write a well-reasoned argument paper discussing how Lindsay's illness, Negli's Aplastic Anemia, functions as its own unique character in "1st to Die." Make sure to use direct evidence from the text to support your strong thesis statement.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three challenges an author such as Patterson faces when discussing technology or forensic science in a novel. Make sure to use at least three examples from "1st to Die" to support your position.

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