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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 do Kathy and James Voskuhl have at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

2. How does Cindy get into the hotel to see the Brandt murder scene?

3. What is Lindsay's marital status when the novel opens?

4. How does Lindsay feel about her illness?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Raleigh react to the DeGeorge murders?

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

4. Why does Lindsay agree to give Cindy the inside scoop on the DeGeorge murders?

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

6. What is Chris Raleigh's job before he is introduced on the Bride and Groom case?

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

8. After seeing the sketch of the murder suspect, what does the witness tell Lindsay?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze at least three different literary techniques Patterson uses to create tension in "1st to Die."

Essay Topic 2

Choose at least one female character from "1st to Die" and discuss at least three ways she goes against traditional gender stereotypes of someone like her.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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