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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 does Emily respond when Greg accuses her of planting the blood and the baseball bat at Greg's house?

2. How does Audrey's birthdate identify her as the mystery woman whose clothes and toiletries were found in Greg's home and therefore the woman with whom Greg has been romantically involved?

3. Who hands Myron a mysterious manilla envelope at the beginning of Chapter Forty?

4. How does Myron respond when Dimonte asks if Myron recognizes the killer in the video?

5. In addition to Clip and Calvin, who else does Myron recall he has told about the blood in Greg Downing's basement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Esperanza think brought Carla/Sally to New York?

2. Why does Win go to Arizona at the end of the novel?

3. Is there any evidence in the novel that Myron might still have feelings for Emily Downing?

4. How does Cole Whiteman describe the murder that the Raven Brigade has been in hiding for since the Sixties?

5. What shocking secret is revealed on the tape Cole Whiteman sends Myron?

6. Does Myron's meeting with Marty Felder in Chapter Twenty Eight solve any of the puzzles he's investigating or does it deepen the mysteries surrounding Greg Downing?

7. Explain how Win determines Clip Arnstein is lying about knowing Sally or Carla.

8. Explain how Esperanza handles Jason Blair's contract negotiations with the Red Sox and what her handling of the situation demonstrates about her character.

9. When Myron tells Win that Jessica has asked him to move in with her, why doesn't Win respond immediately?

10. What happens when the B Man visits Myron at his office in Chapter Twenty-Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the humor in Fade Away. What characters and other aspects of the novel contribute to the novel's humorous tone? In what ways do you think humor strengthens the plot or characterization in the novel? Is humor a typical or atypical component of a mystery novel? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Myron Bolitar and his role as the novel's protagonist. What are his character strengths and flaws? How do these strengths and flaws help and hinder him during the story? In what ways is Myron typical and in what ways is he atypical for a protagonist? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Fade Away contains a number of instances of foreshadowing. Cite three examples of foreshadowing in the plays and how it is used to indicate events to come.

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