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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 Brooke driving in Chapter 22?

2. How many days after Joy went missing did Stan have his car washed and detailed?

3. In Chapter 14, where does a journalist ask Stan if he killed his wife?

4. In Chapter 1, how long has Joy been missing?

5. How long after a man picks up an abandoned bicycle is he killed in a head-on collision with a semi?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Joy start playing tennis?

2. Why did Joy make plans to leave Stan after Brooke graduated from high school and then change her mind?

3. What does Narelle, Joy's hairdresser, think she will do if Joy misses her next hair appointment?

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

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

6. Why did Brooke decide to become a physiotherapist?

7. Why did Joy put off telling Brooke about Savannah?

8. Who confronts Stan in Chapter 14 and why?

9. Where and when is a bicycle found in the Prologue?

10. Why is Troy lucky to not have a criminal record?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brooke believes her relationship with Grant has been an equal partnership. Why does Ines, Brooke’s friend, believe that Brooke is deluded about her relationship with Grant?

Essay Topic 2

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation in Apples Never Fall? What descriptive dialogue tags has the author used, especially in Chapter 58? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

Essay Topic 3

Circumstantial evidence nearly leads to Stan being arrested. Why does circumstantial evidence nearly lead to Stan’s arrest? How are appearances deceiving?

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