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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 finally forces Terry off of Gloria's case?

2. What update does Jaye give Terry?

3. Who was the Code Killer?

4. Who sends Terry a package containing the most recent Kenyon summaries?

5. Why is Terry given the official brush off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Steve Kang and Terry come to the same conclusion about?

2. As Terry and Buddy return to the boat, who is waiting for them and what does this person inform Terry of?

3. After looking at the Kenyon files, what does Terry discover?

4. How do Graciela and Terry make Dr. Fox understand that they need more information regarding the blood bank.

5. After seeing Tony, where do Terry and Buddy go?

6. How do the two hack into the Blood Center's database to check and see if the victims were also donors?

7. As Terry waits for more information on the case and a phone call from Jaye, how does he begin to feel?

8. How does Terry figure out who the killer is?

9. Unfortunately for Terry, what is Graciela not ready to do?

10. What makes Terry feel violated as he processes all of the information concerning the Code Killer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Terry discovers that Gloria, Cordell, and Kenyon were are killed to give him a heart donor, he feels extreme guilt.

Examine Terry's reaction to this guilt and discuss how he chooses to make amends for "taking lives," when it was not actually his fault they were killed.

Essay Topic 2

1. Explain why the pace of a mystery novel is essential to the story.

2. Analyze how Connelly chooses to reveal important details.

3. How does this establish the plot and keep the reader constantly surprised.

Essay Topic 3

Because so many people were killed by the Code Killer, grief and coping with loss are two central themes of the novel. Describe how two of the below characters is able to cope with their pain. Next, compare their ways of coping to one another.

- Graciela

- Raymond

- Steve Kang

- Amelia Cordell

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