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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 does Jacobi ask Lindsay after seeing the police artist drawing of the decal that the boy had seen?

2. What does Lindsay tell Cindy that she would like to do just once when they meet in chapter seven?

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

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

5. What does Mercer say he believes to be the motivation for the shooting that occurred?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the killer doing in chapter twenty-five?

2. What file does Lindsay take note of in chapter twenty-four while going through the files that have been given her in relation to the hate crimes?

3. Describe the conversation that Claire and Lindsay have in chapter twenty-three.

4. What does Lindsay explain about her parents?

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

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

7. What is Lindsay told when she asks if anyone saw anything in chapter four?

8. Describe the scene at the arcade in chapter eight.

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

10. What do Cindy and Lindsay discuss when they meet for drinks in chapter seven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What was the main plot of the story?

2) What were three of the top subplots in the story? How did they affect the main plot?

3) What was the climax of the main plot?

Essay Topic 2

1) What did it reveal to the reader when it was seen that Rusty was picking out who to 'immortalize' while in the tower?

2) Would you have written the stand off scene at the end of the story differently? Why or why not?

3) What was your reaction when you saw that it was the bells that allowed Lindsay to get her shot in when Rusty had been hoping that the bells would play at his funeral?

Essay Topic 3

1) What did Tasha Catchings represent in the story?

2) Why was her murder what the story opened with?

3) Why was it significant that the window with Tasha in it was the last thing seen in the story or is it significant?

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