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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 color is the carpet at the police station?

2. What color is Joy's bicycle?

3. In Chapter 8, how long has it been since Grant moved out?

4. In Chapter 4, what is the beauty therapist wearing?

5. What is Logan preparing to do at his parents' house when he meets Savannah in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Barb do to bring in extra cash and why?

2. Why is Joy struggling in Chapter 2?

3. Who confronts Stan in Chapter 14 and why?

4. What did Christina learn when she and Ethan interviewed Stan?

5. What do Christina and Ethan see when they pull into the driveway of the Delaney home?

6. What conversation are the Delaney siblings having about their mother in Chapter 1?

7. Why did Brooke decide to become a physiotherapist?

8. What does Christina tell Amy her father did with the car the day after her mother went missing?

9. How did Joy start playing tennis?

10. What has Amy decided about full-time work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Apples Never Fall? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different character influence what readers know about events and characters? How does following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does Moriarity use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created?

Essay Topic 3

Both Stan and Logan have been guilty of checking out of their relationships. How have the men checked out of their relationships in different ways? In what way were they both avoiding conflict?

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