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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 much money does Matthew say Patz had given him in exchange for allowing Patz to touch Matthew's body over his clothes?

2. Jacob reports that about what percent of online talk focused on him is positive after the trial starts?

3. In what month does Andy go to Derek's home when Derek is alone?

4. How many questions does Jonathan ask the first witness of the trial when he cross-examines her?

5. What adjective does Andy use to describe Laurie's manner when she gets seated on the first morning of Jacob's trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is foreshadowing utilized within the final passages of Chapter 29?

2. How does William Landay use a sailboat to create a simile about the timeline of a trial?

3. How does Andy characterize his friend Duffy's level of honesty?

4. How does Andy get Patz's attention when he wants to talk to Patz?

5. What is the judge's ruling about the introduction of evidence relating to the murder gene?

6. How is Andy's capacity for violence demonstrated in his interaction with Matthew at Matthew's home?

7. What does Jacob's iPod Touch symbolize?

8. What reason does Andy give for granting Dr. Vogel's request for a particular item?

9. Describe the symptoms Andy describes as being associated with his "familiar battlefield euphoria" (243) going into Jacob's trial.

10. What is the symbolism of the chain on the Yoo family's door?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to underscore particular themes within the novel. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write a critical essay about the novel while using the critical power theory lens of psychoanalytical theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim combining research about applying psychoanalytical theory to a text with concrete details from the novel.

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