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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 object does Andy briefly consider hiding when he races home and makes it there before a warrant is served to search his house?
(a) His own laptop.
(b) Jacob's iPod Touch.
(c) Laurie's BlackBerry.
(d) Jacob's laptop.

2. How old had Neal been when he joined the District Attorney's office?
(a) 23.
(b) 29.
(c) 21.
(d) 34.

3. In what month of 2007 does Ben's murder take place?
(a) April.
(b) September.
(c) January.
(d) December.

4. Whom does Andy order to get a confession from Patz?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Duffy.
(c) Neal.
(d) Jacob.

5. One morning while on a run, Andy alters his route of late and goes to whose apartment?
(a) Neal's.
(b) Matthew's.
(c) Duffy's.
(d) Patz's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is arrested, Jacob will only say one phrase over and over. What is it?

2. In what year does Neal subpoena Andy to appear in front of the grand jury?

3. How old is Ben at the time of his murder?

4. Who discovers Ben's dead body?

5. What decision is made regarding whether Jacob will testify at trial or not?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In relation to Ben's murder, when does Andy testify in front of the grand jury?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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