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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 someone yell as Lindsay gets close to the crime scene in chapter two?

2. What does Aaron Winslow say when Cindy tells him she is a reporter?

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

4. What does the killer say everyone will know his name is by the next day in chapter twenty-five?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Lindsay explain about her parents?

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

1) Why did the killer choose to go after Claire before going after Lindsay or Cindy?

2) Why did the killer ask Claire if she had anything in common with the other victims?

3) Do you believe it was Frank or Rusty making the decisions as to who would be the next victims? Explain.

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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