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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. Where does the family of Karen Voskuhl live?

2. What is Lindsay's full-time job?

3. How does Lindsay feel about her illness?

4. What does Phillip Campbell hand David Brandt when he answers the door?

5. What does the limo driver encourage the DeGeorges to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the situation with the security cameras at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

2. What is Lindsay Boxer doing in the Prologue?

3. How does Cindy sneak her way into the hotel where the Brandts have been murdered?

4. What kind of couple are David and Melanie Brandt?

5. What is Melanie Brandt doing when the murderer enters her hotel room?

6. What does Claire tell Lindsay and Raleigh about the knife used in the Brandt murders?

7. What in particular disturbs Lindsay about the Brandt murder scene?

8. What is Lindsay doing when she learns that the DeGeorges have been murdered?

9. What does Lindsay learn about Kathy Voskuhl's life before she got married?

10. What does Cindy say to Lindsay as she slips her her business card in the hotel bathroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least three reasons why "1st to Die" could be classified in a genre other than murder mystery, making sure to use specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why it was necessary for Raleigh to die in "1st to Die." Make sure to discuss what effect his death has on the text in general and on Lindsay in particular -- and why those consequences were necessary for the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three ways that the violence and/or murder scenes in "1st to Die" are gratuitously violent and why such violence takes away from the plot and/or rest of the text.

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