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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. Whose face is shown on the security tapes that Will watches in Chapter 38?

2. Where does Katy tell Will she knows he was on the night of her sister's murder?

3. Who attacks an attorney and his assistant during their visit to McGuane's office in Chapter 40?

4. What does Will discover when he looks in the coffin at Sheila's funeral?

5. What does Nora reveal was the occupation of her former husband who beat her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Squares and Wanda's conversations in Chapter 31?

2. What is the nature of the conversation Will and Katy have regarding Julie in Chapter 35?

3. What does Willl's girlfriend reveal about her past when she tells him her name is Nora Spring?

4. What happens when Joshua Ford and Raymond Cromwell visit McGuane's office in Chapter 40?

5. What does Will find while surfing the Web at the beginning of Chapter 29?

6. How is Will able to escape from some handcuffs after being attacked in Chapter 36?

7. What does Pistillo tell Will he believes to have happened on the night Julie was murdered in Chapter 46?

8. What is the nature of the message Yvonne leaves on Will's answering machine in Chapter 43?

9. How does John want Will to convene his brother to come out of hiding in Chapter 55?

10. What does Will discover about the little girl Carley in Chapter 57?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of grief that is presented in the book. How does the emotion of grief control characters like the Miller's and Klein's namely the older members of these families? What can we learn about the nature of grief by studying the actions of these characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of investigation that is presented in the book. What can we learn about the nature of the police and their ability to be neutral in their investigations based on the actions of Pistillo in the book? How did Will and Katy's investigation differ from the one conducted by the police?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the concept of revenge that is presented in the book. What can we learn about the nature of characters like Katy, John and Ken based on their acts of revenge taken out in the book, and what factors impacted these acts?

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