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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 Mail get away from Sherrill?

2. How does Del keep Wolfe from filing charges against Lucas?

3. Who was guilty of helping Mail?

4. What did Gloria Crosby lie about to Lucas?

5. Why does Wolfe want Lucas to be fired?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucas keep from being fired?

2. What does Mail do when he realizes that he can't escape in his van?

3. Why did Mail stick to back roads as he made his way to his house?

4. How does Lucas know that Mail has set a trap for the police?

5. Why does Lucas begin to pile grass over the opening where he thinks Mail is hiding and what does Mail do?

6. What does Lucas do so that he can be hunting for Mail himself?

7. Where is Mail when he calls Lucas and what information does he let slip?

8. Why is Lucas called to the police station in the middle of the night?

9. Who is Ice and what information does she share with Lucas?

10. Who is Gloria Crosby and what does Lucas learn from her and about her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What character traits does the main character Lucas Davenport demonstrate throughout the book? How does this character grow and change throughout the novel? Why is he good at his job?

Essay Topic 2

What part does Andi's profession play in the main plot of this novel? In what ways is her profession helpful? In what ways does it seem useless? Do you think her training should have helped her more? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways was symbolism used throughout the novel? Do you feel that symbolism was an important part of the novel? Why or why not?

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