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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. Which hand does Jenks prefer to use?
2. Who goes to visit Jenks in jail?
3. Who tells Lindsay that there is proof that Jenks was in town the night of the Voskuhl murders?
4. What kind of suspicious-looking man do the security tapes of the museum show?
5. After Jenks is arrested, what does Lindsay's doctor tell her about her red cell count?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jill share with the Women's Murder Club about her own experience with illness?
2. Why does Jill assure Lindsay of the first time they meet to discuss the case?
3. Why must Lindsay be careful in her initial investigation of Nicholas Jenks?
4. Why is Nicholas Jenks' red beard significant to Lindsay?
5. What does Jill tell Lindsay and Raleigh the first time they come to visit her about the murder cases?
6. Why is Jill a good addition to the Women's Murder Club?
7. What does Jacobi learn about Nicholas Jenks just as he is emerging as a suspect?
8. Why are Lindsay and Raleigh unable to get a good look at the man on the museum security tapes?
9. When Lindsay arrives at the Palace of Fine Arts, what does she find?
10. What does Raleigh do when he and Lindsay arrive at Joanna's apartment after Jenks has escaped?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Although the novel seems to conclude with all of the loose ends being tied up, the reader learns from the Prologue that Lindsay is extremely depressed by the time the story ends. Discuss what three things most contribute to Lindsay's unhappiness and why Patterson may have chosen to have his strong, intelligent protagonist so unhappy at the novel's conclusion.
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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