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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 does Angela use as a weapon when they try to take her baby in chapter one?

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

4. What does Lindsay find at Estelle Chipman's crime scene in chapter thirteen?

5. What does Lindsay think that Aaron Winslow looks like when she sees him in chapter three?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in chapter one while Lindsay is playing cards at Hope Street?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Do you think that the story could have been told from another character's point of view rather than Lindsay? If so which one and why?

2) If you were going to write a follow up story to 2nd Chance which character would be the main focus?

3) What effect did it have that the author put Lindsay's point of view in first person but used third person with the other characters? Could first or third have been used for all the characters? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Compare Frank Coombs to Rusty Coombs.

2) Speculate on the relationship that Frank and Rusty had. How is it possible that Rusty's mother didn't realize the truth of her son?

3) In regards to Rusty Coombs do you think it is more a question of nature or nurture that could be viewed as the basis for his views and actions? Explain.

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