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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't much action be taken after the McDills tell their story?
(a) For fear of placing the current kidnapped child in more danger.
(b) The detectives do not believe the story.
(c) The police are already on the kidnapped child case.
(d) The case occurred too long ago for police record.

2. After Cheryl first explains the kidnapping, Will knows that he has to do what in order to help his daughter and wife?
(a) Not get the ransom money.
(b) Kill the kidnapper.
(c) Escape from the hotel.
(d) Obtain Cheryl's help.

3. How does Will find out that Abby was kidnapped?
(a) From kidapper's Huey Cotton.
(b) From the woman who Will lets use his phone.
(c) Karen calls Will's hotel room.
(d) The kidnapping is on the news.

4. What event happens when Hickey regains control of the kidnapping after it appears that Abby is going to be saved in Chapter 10?
(a) Hickey rapes Karen.
(b) Huey finds Abby.
(c) Will is injured.
(d) The police are notified and do not respond.

5. When Huey eventually finds Abby, what does he do to her?
(a) Takes the cell phone away from her.
(b) He threathens to hurt her.
(c) Kills her mother.
(d) Ties her up and puts her in the basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Margaret's reaction to finding her son?

2. In the beginning of the book, who is introduced as sitting in the car with Margaret McDill?

3. How are the McDills going to identify the kidnappers?

4. What does Karen continue to think about as she is dancing for Hickey?

5. At one point in her life how does Hickey help Cheryl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important information about Cheryl is revealed in Chapter 5 when Will tries to get Cheryl's gun?

2. In Chapter 7, why does Karen cooperate with Hickey's demands of having sex with him?

3. Why is Margaret McDill convinced that she and her son Peter will surely be murdered, in Chapter 1?

4. Describe what happens when Abby finds the cell phone in Chapter 8.

5. Describe the story that Will Jennings is instructed to tell his accountant, as described in Chapter 3.

6. Describe how Huey tries to get Abby to return to the cabin in Chapter 8.

7. Explain the relationship between Will and Karen Jennings, as described in Chapter 2.

8. Describe Cheryl's past, as depicted in Chapter 6.

9. In Chapter 10, what evidence is given that Huey will do anything that Hickey asks him?

10. How does Will Jennings first meet Cheryl Lynn Tilly in Chapter 4?

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