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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. Why is there no happy ending for Myron and the person with whom he went to the Caribbean?

2. What is the name of the book?

3. When Myron sees Jeremy for the first time, how does Myron feel?

4. What is Fanconi Anemia?

5. What is Myron's main attitude about life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Myron's meeting with Susan Lex go?

2. Who is Davis Taylor?

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

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

5. Who is Ronnie Angel and what proposition does he have for one of Myron's clients?

6. How does Emily use the meeting to bring up a sensitive subject?

7. Who has been following Myron and why?

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

9. What information do Terese and Myron uncover at the Bergen County Blood Center?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

2. Analyze how Coben chooses to reveal important details.

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

Essay Topic 3

1. Give three examples of characters that face death in the book. Describe what happens to the character.

2. How does overcoming death change a person? How does it change each character?

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