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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 is the name of Horace's supervisor?

2. Who calls Myron in Chapter 18?

3. What does Myron tell Win he wanted to accomplish by meeting the Bradfords?

4. Who does Pomeranz think Myron is working for?

5. What is the name of Brenda's basketball team?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the police think Brenda killed her father?

2. What do Myron and Brenda find in Horace's apartment?

3. Why does Esperanza say she hates Jessica?

4. How does McLaughlin say Horace died?

5. What does Whittaker tell Myron about Elizabeth?

6. How does Myron know Brenda's father, Horace?

7. What does Brenda remember about the lawyer her father had been contacting?

8. What do the Bradfords tell Myron in the library?

9. What does Jessica tell Myron on the phone?

10. What has Esperanza found out about Elizabeth's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Myron's character across the whole series.

1. How does the author develop Myron's character across the whole series?

2. What new elements does ONE FALSE MOVE add to Myron's character?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Myron's methods as a detective.

1) What is the evidence that leads to Myron solving the case?

2) What mistakes does Myron make during the course of the story? How does he rectify his mistakes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1990s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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