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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. How are the ransom amounts configured?
(a) Its enough for the kidnappers to live for an entire year.
(b) It's enough for the kidnappers to buy a rare sculpture.
(c) It's enough to pay off the police who are on the case.
(d) It's enough to rescue the kidnappers child who is also held at ransom.

2. What does Will offer Cheryl in return if she helps him?
(a) Help to get out of the abusive relationship.
(b) Half of the ransom money.
(c) The entire ransom.
(d) A guarantee that he will not go to the police after the ordeal.

3. Where is the actual ringing phone Abby is trying to reach?
(a) In the yard.
(b) A landline in the bedroom.
(c) On the floor, in the kitchen.
(d) Huey's pocket.

4. What is Huey doing when Abby tries to run away?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Going to the bathroom.
(c) Talking to Hickey on the phone.
(d) Getting food for Abby.

5. Where does Karen hide the scalpel?
(a) In her undergarments.
(b) In her purse.
(c) In her backside.
(d) In her pocket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't much action be taken after the McDills tell their story?

2. What disease does Abby have?

3. In Chapter 2, Karen and Abby drive Will to what location?

4. Margaret McDill is anxiously awaiting the arrival of whom in the beginning of the book?

5. What event happens when Hickey regains control of the kidnapping after it appears that Abby is going to be saved in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Karen holds Hickey at gunpoint in Chapter 3. How does Hickey convince her that it is in her best interest to let him go?

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

3. Describe how Abby's health makes the kidnapping different from the others, as described in Chapter 4.

4. In Chapter 10, why does Hickey tell Will that he should not have Huey's cell phone signal traced?

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

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

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

8. What type of meeting is Will the keynote speaker at, as described in Chapter 2?

9. In Chapter 5, Karen is able to speak to Abby and give her advice on how to get away from Huey. What actions does Karen tell to Abby to take?

10. In Chapter 5, how does the reader learn that Hickey's compassion is really non-existent?

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