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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 does Cindy research Kathy Voskuhl?

2. How does Jenks treat Chessy?

3. Who wants to indict Jenks just as Lindsay is getting ready to do so as well?

4. What does Cindy find of Kathy and Nicholas doing together in a photograph?

5. Who is Jill Bernhardt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Lindsay and Raleigh unable to get a good look at the man on the museum security tapes?

2. What does Raleigh do when he and Lindsay arrive at Joanna's apartment after Jenks has escaped?

3. Why does Lindsay think that Joanna might be the real killer?

4. What happens to Lindsay when Jenks threatens her during questioning?

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

6. What does Jenks say when confronted with the photograph of him and Kathy together?

7. What does Jacobi learn about Nicholas Jenks just as he is emerging as a suspect?

8. Why must Lindsay be careful in her initial investigation of Nicholas Jenks?

9. What was especially cruel about Jenks leaving Joanna?

10. What does Jill share with the Women's Murder Club about her own experience with illness?

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

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 3

Discuss at least four aspects of "1st to Die" that can easily be carried over into a second novel in a Women's Murder Club mystery series.

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