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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 the name of the restaurant where Alex and Ezra meet to talk?

2. What is the name of the street that Alex describes as the main drag in La Vista?

3. What fruit does Ezra pick two of and offer one of to Alex when they arrive at his greenhouse?

4. Where was Nona when Doug saw her for the first time?

5. What name does Alex use when he checks into the Bel-Air Hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Milo think Alex is still in danger even though Richard Moody is dead?

2. Why does Alex say he "craved the balm of denial" as he is leaving the Touch's Retreat?

3. Why did Alex buy Delano Hardy a guitar?

4. Why is Ezra hesitant to tell Alex what he knows about Nona when she was young?

5. What condition is Raoul in when Alex goes to pick him up in La Vista, and why is he like that?

6. Who does Nona say took Woody from the hospital and why?

7. What prompts Raoul to go to La Vista, which lands him in jail?

8. What does Alex think about as he tries to fall asleep on his first night in the Bel-Air Hotel?

9. What is strange about the bookshelf in Matthias' room?

10. When Milo tells Alex that he will pursue the Swopes case after he's done with the rapist's case, why do his words chill Alex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Kellerman uniquely qualified to write a crime novel such as this? What is his background? How is he similar to Alex?

Essay Topic 2

What does the single, normal tree standing at the end of Mr. Swopes' greenhouse symbolize? Why does the author include this striking example of symbolism? What does it add to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Why did the author choose first person point of view to tell this story? What advantages to using first person are there? What are the disadvantages?

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