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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. What does Emily tell Myron that Greg wants to take away from her?
2. What happens when Myron approaches the white van?
3. Which of the following statements describes something Myron and Dimonte do not find in Carla's apartment?
4. Who does Myron contact at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen about the sequential hundred-dollar bills found in Carla's apartment?
5. Why doesn't the Dragons team want bad publicity right now?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information do Myron and Win uncover about Carla at the Swiss Chalet in Chapter Six?
2. What do Win and Myron discover in Greg Downing's basement and what does their discovery imply?
3. Why doesn't the New Jersey Dragons team want word of Greg's disappearance to leak to the press and what story do they use in the media to explain the fact that Greg is missing?
4. Explain who the Raven Brigade is and what their tie to Carla's murder is.
5. Explain the significance of the firm for which Maggie Mason works to Greg Downing's disappearance.
6. What does TC Collins think about fame and why does he act and dress so outrageously, i.e. with multiple tattoos and piercings?
7. What is Win's relationship with Myron?
8. Describe the rivalry between Myron and Greg Downing.
9. Explain Myron's history with Emily.
10. What ulterior motives does Audrey have when she gets a ride home from Myron in Chapter Sixteen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Myron's relationship with Jessica and his relationship with Emily. Is there any evidence in the story that Myron still has romantic feelings for Emily or that Emily still has romantic feelings for him? How does Jessica respond when Myron tells her he'll be seeing Emily again as part of his investigation into Greg's disappearance? Does Jessica seem jealous of his relationship with Emily? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Fade Away is a mystery/thriller. Discuss what factors in the plot, setting, themes, and characters identify this novel as a mystery thriller. Are there any ways in which the novel is atypical for its genre? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the depiction of women in Fade Away. What professions do the women in the novel have? What is the relationship of the female characters in the story to the male characters, i.e. are the female characters subordinate to the men and in traditional female roles or are any of the women in dominant and/or nontraditional roles? Give examples of how the novel's female characters exhibit typical or atypical gender role behavior for the era in which the novel is set. What do you think Harlan Coben is trying to say about women through the novel's female characters? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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