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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 does Dan tell Andy when they encounter one another ten days after Ben's murder?
(a) That he thinks Patz may have murdered Ben.
(b) That he wants to interview a few of Ben's classmates himself.
(c) That he thinks Andy is doing a great job on Ben's murder case.
(d) That he wants a different DA for Ben's murder case.

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

3. Where is Ben's body discovered?
(a) In his bedroom.
(b) Behind the library.
(c) In the park.
(d) At school.

4. What object does Andy go to retrieve from an upstairs bedroom in Ben's family's house?
(a) Ben's hairbrush.
(b) Ben's journal.
(c) His coat.
(d) His briefcase.

5. What does Lynn tell Andy when he calls her from the park ten days after Ben's murder?
(a) She tells him that he is fired.
(b) She tells him that Laurie had called earlier in a panic.
(c) She tells him to come in to the office to talk to her.
(d) She tells him that he is off Ben's murder case.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what substance is a single fingerprint stamped upon the inside of Ben's sweatshirt?

3. Where does Jacob claim to have gotten the military knife?

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

5. How does Jacob behave at the shiva held by Ben's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the look of distaste on Laurie's face when Andy takes her hand in the courthouse elevator?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What qualities of Jonathan Klein's does Andy find reassuring?

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

9. Discuss the meaning of the epigraph for Part One of the novel.

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

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