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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 Mercer say he believes to be the motivation for the shooting that occurred?
2. What does the killer fasten onto his gun in chapter twenty-five?
3. What does the man say that he does for a living that owns in the house in chapter twenty?
4. What does Aaron Winslow say is the reason that Lindsay will receive a warm welcome when she goes to pay her respects to Tasha's family?
5. What does the M.E. tell Lindsay when she says it is amazing that one of the bullets found its way into Tasha when there had been so many fired at the church?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lindsay discover when she goes to the morgue to talk to Claire in chapter eleven?
2. Describe the scene in chapter fifteen when Lindsay meets the girls at the bar.
3. What does Ron call Lindsay to tell her they found out about Estelle Chipman in chapter twenty-one?
4. What is Aaron Winslow able to tell Lindsay when she talks to him in chapter three?
5. What is the killer doing in chapter twenty-five?
6. Describe the conversation that Claire and Lindsay have in chapter twenty-three.
7. What is Lindsay told when she asks if anyone saw anything in chapter four?
8. What does Lindsay find at the building where Estelle Chipman was murdered?
9. Describe the scene in the prologue when the shooting starts.
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) Was Mercer's death in the story necessary?
2) What do you believe Mercer was going to tell Lindsay?
3) Do you think that Mercer knew that the events surrounding Lindsay's father leaving were connected to Chimera?
Essay Topic 2
1) Did 2nd Chance have a limited or omniscient point of view? Explain.
2) Do you feel that limited or omniscient point of view is better for a work of fiction such as 2nd Chance? Explain.
3) Could this story have been written in the other point of view? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
1) How important are the roles of males and females as they are seen in 2nd Chance?
2) Do you feel that the author's portrayal of how men and women are viewed in relation to their capabilities and roles is accurate? Why or why not?
3) Do you think that the author has a firm grasp on women's behavior even though he is male? Why or why not?
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