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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 found during the autopsy of the elderly black woman that leads Cindy to believe the woman did not commit suicide?

2. What does Ron tell Lindsay that they learned that Estelle's husband did for a living before he died?

3. What does the little boy say he saw in chapter four?

4. What is Lindsay thinking she needs to go home and do in chapter twenty-four?

5. What does Claire say about the bullets that went in Tasha?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the scene in the prologue when the shooting starts.

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

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

5. Describe the conversation that Cindy and Aaron Winslow have in chapter twenty-two.

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

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

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

9. What does Lindsay learn when she goes to look at the case file for Estelle Chipman?

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

Pick one of the following to write about.

1) Do you think the story would qualify more as a thriller or as a drama? Why?

2) In chapter sixty-six Chimera is talking to the old man at the bar and Chimera tells him that the killer probably has green eyes. Do you think this was Rusty or Frank at the bar and why?

3) What do you think is the main theme of the story? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following to write about.

1) If you had to choose one of the jobs of the four women belonging to the murder club, which one would you choose and why? Lawyer, ME, Police officer, or Newspaper reporter.

2) Speculate on the reasons that Weiscz was willing to tell Lindsay anything when she went to talk to him in the prison system.

3) Could there have been something different put on the window of the church? If so what?

Essay Topic 3

1) What role does Lindsay's father play in the story for Lindsay?

2) What is significant about her father showing up when he did?

3) Do you believe that she will see her father again? Why or why not?

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