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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. What is Lindsay told about Estelle Chipman's case when she talks to one of the cops on the case in chapter twelve?

2. What does the sign say above the building that the killer goes into in chapter twenty-five?

3. What does Angela use as a weapon when they try to take her baby in chapter one?

4. What file catches Lindsay's eye in chapter twenty-four?

5. What is the woman wearing when she answers the door in chapter twenty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in chapter sixteen when Jill tells her exciting news?

2. What is Aaron Winslow able to tell Lindsay when she talks to him in chapter three?

3. What happens in chapter one while Lindsay is playing cards at Hope Street?

4. Describe the photos that the killer has in chapter eighteen.

5. What does Lindsay discover when she goes to the morgue to talk to Claire in chapter eleven?

6. What does Lindsay find at the building where Estelle Chipman was murdered?

7. What happens when Lindsay is told they found the van?

8. Describe the scene in chapter fifteen when Lindsay meets the girls at the bar.

9. What does Ron call Lindsay to tell her they found out about Estelle Chipman in chapter twenty-one?

10. What is Lindsay's initial assessment of the crime scene in chapter two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Do you believe that the new police chief new that Lindsay was withholding something after he explained about the ninth bullet that was found in Frank Coombs? Why or why not?

2) Compare the relationship that Lindsay has with the new police chief as apposed to the relationship that she had with Mercer.

3) How has Lindsay changed over the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

1) What is the importance of Hope Street that is first seen in the story?

2) Why is this place not visited again in the story?

3) Speculate on what it is that Lindsay got from being at Hope Street.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe Lindsay's character in the story.

2) In what ways is Lindsay a typical cop? In what ways is she atypical?

3) Would you describe Lindsay as a flawed character? Why or why not?

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