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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which officer does Mickey work with on the domestic incident call she responds to in Part I?
(a) Laurie Wood.
(b) Jennifer Hall.
(c) Marcia Rock.
(d) Gloria Peters.

2. Who does Mickey become particularly attached to as a guide and mentor when she is a young girl?
(a) Truman Dawes.
(b) Mark Ahearn.
(c) Simon Cleare.
(d) Millie Smith.

3. What famous poet's work does Moore begin the book with an excerpt from?
(a) Seamus Heaney.
(b) Brian Byron.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

4. How long has it been since Kacey and Mickey have spoken?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 years.

5. What program does Mickey's grandmother enroll Mickey and her sister in when they are children?
(a) The Police Athletic League, or PAL.
(b) The city volleyball team.
(c) The Sisters of Mercy League.
(d) The Americorps of Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What performance did Mickey go to as a child on a field trip that she loved?

2. Why does Mickey have a panic attack in Part I?

3. What detail in the first house Mickey buys does she think indicates that it was once a well-cared for house?

4. What does Mickey feel guilty about having to do with Truman in Part I?

5. Who does Truman introduce Mickey to in an effort to try to get some information about Kacey's whereabouts?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, what does Mickey reveal about her former partner Truman's handling of police business and how it differs from her own?

2. Why does Mickey have a panic attack at the police station in Part II?

3. Who does Mickey turn to for help when Kacey overdoses for the first time when she is 16 and why?

4. What does Mickey refer to when she refers to the "first" time she found her sister Kacey dead?

5. In Part II, who are the people who respond to Mickey when she reaches out looking for Kacey?

6. What did the Nutcracker field trip highlight for Mickey when she was a child?

7. As an adult, what kind of relationship does Mickey have with Gee?

8. What "other life" does Mickey wonder about sometimes?

9. In Part II, why does Mickey feel suddenly angry with Kacey?

10. What does Mickey apologize to Truman for, and what does he tell her she should have apologized for?

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