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

2. Whom does Andy find in the upstairs bedroom of Ben's family's home when he goes to retrieve an object?

3. What is NOT an element Neal mentions when trying to get the judge to set a high bail amount for Jacob?

4. What is NOT a descriptor Andy uses to describe Neal?

5. When Dan tells Andy that it does not matter what happens to him now that Ben is dead, what is NOT an example he provides?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Discuss one coping mechanism Andy uses to get through Jacob's murder trial.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the shocking and unexpected ending of William Landay's novel Defending Jacob. What are the author's intentions for the ending's effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

How does the theme of isolation function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding this theme?

Essay Topic 3

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

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