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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. On what part of Ben's body are the stab wounds found?

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

3. Andy states that all lawyers feel the same way about the court system. How does he say lawyers feel about the court system?

4. Laurie says that from what age in Jacob's life, other kids had started to turn up hurt around Jacob?

5. How many associates does Jonathan have in his law practice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What major realization about life does Andy describe arriving at as a result of meeting Laurie in college?

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

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

5. Who is Neal Logiudice?

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

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

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

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

10. How is the theme of deception depicted within Andy's conversation with Sarah in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of Laurie's character within the narrative and what goals does her character help the author to fulfill?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does the author deliberately mislead the reader during particular parts of the novel Defending Jacob and for what purposes?

Essay Topic 3

Read the Praise for the Novel section included within Defending Jacob or find on your own a few critical essays that discuss the novel. Make a list of all of the different genres named by different critics of the novel. With which genre determination do you agree and why?

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