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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. Who does Gibbs think contacted Myron?

2. How do Bruce Taylor and Stan Gibbs know one another?

3. What do the FBI agents wish to learn from Myron?

4. Why does Myron agree to help Emily?

5. Why does Myron want to view Jeremy's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who in Stan's life was recently murdered?

2. After a call from Esperanza in Chapter One, Myron learns that a special someone is looking for him. Who is this person?

3. What information does Bruce Taylor give Myron concerning Stan Gibbs.

4. What information does Billy Englehardt give Myron and Terese as they leave the Blood Center?

5. Who is Big Cyndi and how is she related to Myron?

6. Why does Suzze T agree to take the Rack Enterprises deal?

7. What does Win discover about Raymond Lex?

8. As the first five chapters unfold, what type of person is Myron shown to be?

9. How do Greg and Myron deal with confronting one another in Chapter Seven?

10. Why does Myron agree to go to Emily's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Darkest Fear is a novel full of father/son relationships.

1. Compare the relationships of Al & Myron, Greg & Jeremy, Stan & Edwin, and Myron & Jeremy.

2. Do you think that Myron and Jeremy will ever have the relationship that Al and Myron share?

3. Was Stan really trying to protect his father? Or was he putting his own wishes for fame ahead of his sick father's gruesome crimes?

Essay Topic 2

Darkest Fear, is not only the title of the book, but also a theme of the novel. Several characters must come to terms with deep secrets that have haunted them for many years.

1. What does a person's darkest fear represent to other people?

2. Why don't more characters reveal their darkest fears in the story?

Essay Topic 3

At the center of many of Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar books is the relationship between Win, Myron, and Esperanza.

1. Explain the dynamic between the three characters.

2. Do Win and Esperanza share any of the same characteristics or is it their differences that make their threesome work?

3. How does Myron act as the axis of the relationship?

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