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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 called in that gets Davidson and his partner to the building in chapter thirty-one?

2. What does Jacobi tell Lindsay when he calls her from the Blue Parrot?

3. What does the sign at Pelican Bay explain as you go in?

4. What does Claire say she thinks is possible after her examination of Mercer's body.

5. What does Mercer tell Lindsay in chapter forty-two that she hadn't known about Mercer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Lindsay and her father discuss when he first arrives at her home?

2. After thinking about what Weiscz told Lindsay what does she do?

3. Describe the conversation that Cindy and Winslow have in chapter thirty-nine.

4. What does Lindsay learn about Frank Coombs?

5. Describe the meeting that Lindsay and the FBI have in chapter fifty-four.

6. Describe the call that the killer made to 911 that lured Davidson in to be killed.

7. What happens when Lindsay interrogates Evans in chapter thirty?

8. What does Cindy find on Chimera in chapter fifty-six?

9. What changes occur after the death of Mercer?

10. What does Lindsay discover when she goes to see Mercer's wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

1) Speculate on why the white supremacy group in the story chose the Chimera as its symbol.

2) What was significant about the name that was underlined in the mythology book?

3) If you had to pick a different symbol for the group what would you pick and why?

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