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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. How does Graciela's questioning ruin the intimate mood that Terry has tried to establish?

2. Why does Graciela stop Terry from going farther with her relationship?

3. What does Terry do for the rest of the afternoon?

4. What did the FBI find on Terry's boat?

5. Who is James Noone?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Terry refuse to let Graciela take him back home?

3. When Terry gets an apology from Arrango, how does he feel?

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

5. When Terry learns the truth about the killer, how does he feel?

6. Why is Terry afraid to tell Graciela the truth about the killer?

7. Why does Buddy think that it is a bad idea for Terry to come home?

8. At the end of Chapter 27, what startles Terry when he and Graciela are on the house boat together?

9. Why is Terry so relucyant to turn himself into the FBI even though he knows he is innocent?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Terry, Graciela and Raymond all bound to each other now?

How does Terry's new hart make him a part of a family, even if he never imagined he could be a part of one?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think the Code Killer/James Noone/Daniel Crimmons was driven to kill?

Secondly, why was Terry unable to profile the killer and understand that these three people were the same?

Essay Topic 3

1. What are the typical characteristics of a protagonist in a mystery novel?

2. How does or doesn't Terry live up to the criteria you have developed?

3. In using a character like Terry, has Connelly created any new characteristics of the murder mystery hero?

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