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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 file does Lindsay ask Simone to pull for the next day in chapter twenty-four?

2. What had happened that caused Lindsay to go to Hope Streeet?

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

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

5. What is the killer wearing in chapter twenty-five?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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.

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