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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Andy hold at the time Ben's body is discovered?
(a) Legal aide.
(b) First Assistant.
(c) Deputy Prosecutor.
(d) Judge.

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

3. How does Andy say he feels about men of his father's generation?
(a) He feels a protective affinity for them.
(b) He feels a childish attraction toward them as father figures.
(c) He loathes them.
(d) He fears them.

4. How does Laurie react when she hears the news that Jacob will be arrested for Ben's murder?
(a) She screams.
(b) She sobs.
(c) She wobbles.
(d) She collapses.

5. Ten days after Ben's murder, hundreds of volunteers gather at which park?
(a) Consolidation Park.
(b) White Dove Park.
(c) Cold Spring Park.
(d) Laurel Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to a Newton detective, who interviews Patz at the police station?

2. To what location had Ben been walking when he was murdered?

3. What does Dan tell Andy when they encounter one another ten days after Ben's murder?

4. For what reason does Jonathan Klein show up to the police department?

5. How many days after Ben's murder does his family hold the shiva?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use Jacob's relationship with the telephone to indicate Jacob's lack of comfort with intimacy?

2. How is the email address of the mysterious link-sender used to demonstrate the major theme within the text?

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

4. Discuss the ways in which Laurie changes as a result of Jacob's indictment.

5. What is Jacob's explanation for the most damning clue in the murder case?

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

7. Who is Neal Logiudice?

8. What happens when Andy and Laurie confront Jacob about the knife Andy found in Jacob's room?

9. Who is Duffy and how does Andy feel about him?

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

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