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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 paper does Cindy Thomas work for?

2. What key items does Lindsay realize the killer took from the Brandt crime scene?

3. How are the DeGeorges killed?

4. Why does James sneak away to go to the bathroom?

5. What does Lindsay plan to do when she learns her cases are connected to the Voskuhl murders?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Raleigh react to the DeGeorge murders?

5. How does Phillip Campbell react when he walks by the crowd gathering outside of the hotel where the Brandts have been found murdered?

6. What kind of illness is Lindsay diagnosed with?

7. What happens to Lindsay when she goes back to the Brandts hotel room for the second time?

8. What is the purpose of the Women's Murder Club?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze at least three literary techniques Patterson uses to make one character of your choosing from the Women's Murder Club very likable OR very unlikable to the reader.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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