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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 does Frannie feel toward Eddie for dying at this point?

2. Which of the following does Diz NOT think about Fr. Cavanaugh?

3. What is the nickname for District Attorney Bargen?

4. Arturo Cruz says that Eddie's body was _____________ at Cruz' building.

5. What ethnicity is Arturo Cruz?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Frannie having a hard time understanding Eddie's death and her possible role in it?

2. How is Steven beginning to recover and what is his relationship with his parents now?

3. Who is Matthew R. Brody III and what information does he give Dismas regarding blackmailing Arturo Cruz?

4. Which murder does Alphonse Page admit to and which can he not be named as a suspect?

5. Why is Abe Glitsky intrigued to meet with Father Cavanaugh in Chapter 21?

6. How does Dismas finally know who had made the 911 call reporting Eddie's death?

7. What are the circumstances of Linda Polk's death?

8. What were Arturo Cruz' reasons for lying to the police about his knowledge of Eddie's death?

9. Why does Dismas go to the small town of Gonzalez?

10. Explain the irony of Sam's doing the drug deal to get more money to keep Nika.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Dismas, Jane, and the Cochrans. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, and socialization.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Abe. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him at this point in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Lescroart uses more than one instance of irony in the play. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the story and note why they are examples of irony.

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