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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. Why does Lindsay return to the Brandt hotel murder scene after everyone else has left?

2. What is Becky buying at Saks Fifth Avenue?

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

4. What does Claire do for a living?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Claire respond to Lindsay's news about her illness?

2. Why does Lindsay insist to Raleigh, while they are in Cleveland, that the killer had to have known Kathy?

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

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

5. How does Lindsay react when she learns that her case files have been handed over to the FBI?

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

7. What two aspects of the Brandt crime scene does Lindsay notice that later become important for the case?

8. How does the sales associate at Saks react to the strange man watching Becky try on her wedding dress?

9. What kind of illness is Lindsay diagnosed with?

10. What is Lindsay thinking about as she waits to see her doctor for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Lindsay and Raleigh either as lovers OR as police detectives.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze at least three aspects of "1st to Die" that makes the novel believable as well as what literary devices Patterson uses to create that level of believability OR analyze at least three aspects of "1st to Die" that makes the novel unbelievable as well as what literary devices Patterson does not use effectively to create a level of believability in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Describe at least three things that Patterson is able to do with the character of Lindsay because she is a woman AND at least three things he is *not* able to do with her because she is a woman.

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