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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. Who opens a Facebook profile under the fake name Marvin Glasscock?

2. Sarah tells Andy that she bets Andy had had a really good what?

3. About how long does it take the first witness at Jacob's trial to testify?

4. What is the slang term for the gene mutation called MAOA Knockout?

5. Andy is furious when Jacob posts a picture of himself on Facebook with whose face plastered over his own?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who wins the battle between Neal and Duffy within Chapter 30?

3. How does Dr. Vogel's psychiatric report use allusion to outline her final findings?

4. In what ways do classmates of Jacob's express to Andy their thoughts about Jacob's true nature?

5. What is the significance of Sarah's inability to understand Andy's allusion to Cliff Huxtable?

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

7. What is Duffy's answer when Neal asks whether he and Andy are still close friends?

8. What does Andy state about a prosecutor's feelings about the internet?

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

10. What is the outcome of Dr. Vogel's DNA tests?

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

Trace the characterization arc of Andy’s character throughout the novel. Discuss whether he is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.

Essay Topic 3

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

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