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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. What kind of charitable work did Brandon Scope do?
(a) He supported an animal shelter.
(b) He helped an orphanage.
(c) He worked with drug addicts and impoverished teens.
(d) He worked with a homeless shelter.

2. Why do the FBI agents insist on videotaping their search of David's house?
(a) He wants to have a record for the media.
(b) He wants to use it as a training tape for other FBI agents.
(c) So Hester Crimstein won't question the search's legality.
(d) He doesn't trust his men to do an adequate job.

3. What item does Elizabeth store in her safety deposit box?
(a) The gun used to kill Brandon Scope.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) Love letters from Hoyt to Shauna.
(d) The knife used to kill Stephen Beck.

4. Who does Hoyt tell David hired the two men who attacked David and Elizabeth at Lake Charmaine eight years earlier?
(a) Hoyt.
(b) Hester Crimstein.
(c) Griffin Scope.
(d) Linda.

5. In Chapter Thirty-Six, what does Griffin Scope tell Larry Gandle he has failed to do once, but will not let happen a second time?
(a) To kill David.
(b) To kill Elizabeth.
(c) To win the local mayoral election.
(d) To protect Brandon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What connection does Melvin Bartola have to David's father?

2. What does David's right leg do when he's nervous?

3. Who cheers David on while he's running from the police?

4. Why was the person arrested for Brandon Scope's murder eventually freed?

5. Who is David going to exchange for Wu's kidnap victim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Melvin Bartola and what is his tie to Elizabeth and to David?

2. To whom does Elizabeth first show herself publicly, and what message does she give that person to give David?

3. What secret does David reveal to Elizabeth in the last chapter of the novel and how surprised is Elizabeth by his revelation?

4. Whose gun does the bullet that killed Brandon Scope match and what does that imply about Brandon's murderer?

5. What reason does Hoyt give David for taking him to Griffin Scope's house? What is his true reason?

6. What discrepancies does Carlson find in Elizabeth's autopsy file?

7. What plans does Tyrese have for moving out of New York?

8. Who reunites David with Elizabeth and what role did he have in saving David's life on the night of Elizabeth's disappearance from Lake Charmaine eight years earlier?

9. In Chapter Thirty-Four, why does Elizabeth decide she can't leave New York?

10. What does Tyrese give David in Chapter Twenty-Three and what does this foreshadow?

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