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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. Who does Lindsay tell everything she knows about the Voskuhl murders once she is back in San Francisco?

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

3. Who calls Lindsay to tell her that Kathy's family knows the name of the abusive ex-boyfriend?

4. What food item does CSU find in Jenks' house?

5. What does Raleigh tell Lindsay about a police call to Jenks' house several years ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was especially cruel about Jenks leaving Joanna?

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

3. How does Lindsay start to feel about her illness after her doctor mentions she might need a bone marrow transplant?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Raleigh try to convince Lindsay of after she nearly faints when discussing whether they have arrested the right person?

10. How does the Women's Murder Club react to Lindsay's suggestion that she has arrested the wrong man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least three reasons why "1st to Die" could be classified in a genre other than murder mystery, making sure to use specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Describe at least four features of Nicholas Jenks and how those features fulfill the traditional, literary requirements of a villain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three ways that the violence and/or murder scenes in "1st to Die" are gratuitously violent and why such violence takes away from the plot and/or rest of the text.

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