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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 clothing item does CSU find in Jenks' house?

2. Whom does Cindy ask for a copy of Jenks's old novel?

3. What does Lindsay tell Cindy about Nicholas Jenks once she sees the photograph Cindy finds?

4. What does Cindy's discovery of Jenks' old novel allow Jill and Lindsay to do?

5. Who invites Lindsay and Raleigh to the sporting event?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cindy learn that the San Francisco writers' guild has an old copy of Jenks' book?

2. What does the woman in the mirror tell herself, after Jenks is arrested and arraigned, as she takes off her makeup?

3. Why does the fact that Cleveland wants to indict Jenks mean for Lindsay?

4. Why is Jill a good addition to the Women's Murder Club?

5. Why does Lindsay want to meet with Claire and Cindy when she returns from Cleveland?

6. What does Jill tell Lindsay and Raleigh the first time they come to visit her about the murder cases?

7. What convinces Lindsay that Jenks is innocent?

8. Why is Lindsay's recollection that Jenks is left-handed important?

9. When Lindsay arrives at the Palace of Fine Arts, what does she find?

10. What does Joanna tell Lindsay about her relationship with Chessy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least three literary devices that Patterson uses to help the reader better understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.

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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