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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 member of the Women's Murder Club does Lindsay finally convince to look into Joanna's background?

2. What key information does Claire tell Lindsay about something CSU found at Jenks' house?

3. What does Lindsay do after discussing with Raleigh that they might have arrested the wrong person?

4. Why does Joanna refer Lindsay to Jenks' old agent?

5. Why does Lindsay visit with her doctor once she returns to San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lindsay learn about Jenks by looking at his picture on the back of one of his books?

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

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

5. How does Lindsay take down Chessy and Jenks?

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

7. What convinces Lindsay that Jenks is innocent?

8. What does Lindsay's doctor tell her about her health after Jenks is arrested?

9. Why does Lindsay think the killer, Chessy, is headed to the Palace of Fine Arts?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze at least three aspects of "1st to Die" that makes the novel believable as well as what literary devices Patterson uses to create that level of believability OR analyze at least three aspects of "1st to Die" that makes the novel unbelievable as well as what literary devices Patterson does not use effectively to create a level of believability in the story.

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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