2. The epigraph at the start of Part One is from which text?
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) A General Theory of Human Violence.

3. Who discovers Ben's dead body?
(a) The school principal.
(b) Andy.
(c) A jogger.
(d) Officer Duffy.

4. Who provides instructions to the hundreds of volunteers gathered at the park ten days after Ben's murder?
(a) Neal.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Duffy.
(d) Andy.

5. What change does Andy say occurs between he and Laurie after his confession to her about his family history?
(a) They do not talk as often or as easily.
(b) Andy no longer makes eye contact with Laurie.
(c) They do not touch one another at all.
(d) Laurie no longer makes eye contact with Andy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Middlesex County Courthouse where Andy works is filled with what material?

2. What object does Andy go to retrieve from an upstairs bedroom in Ben's family's house?

3. For what object does Laurie ask during the meeting with Jacob's lawyer Jonathan?

4. What had been the nature of the relationship between Neal and Andy before Ben Rifkin's murder?

5. Whom does Andy order to get a confession from Patz?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the motif of dreams and visions present within Chapter 3?

2. Explain the significance of the chapter title "Mindfuck" (34).

3. What is posted on Facebook about a knife of Jacob's and by whom is it posted?

4. What connection does Andy draw among "children, drunks, and schizophrenics" (129)?

5. What qualities of Andy's character are revealed in the moment when Jacob learns about his grandfather's and great-grandfather's violent histories?

6. How does William Landay use the changed relationship between Andy and Duffy to indicate Andy's profound sense of isolation following Jacob's indictment for murder?

7. What job does Andy hold at the time of Ben's murder, and how is he involved in the homicide response?

8. Discuss one statement that Andy makes under oath and then names as a deception to the reader.

9. What action does Dan Rifkin take against Andy once Jacob comes under suspicion?

10. Who is Neal Logiudice?

(see the answer keys)

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