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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. Which of the following statements does not describe TC Collins' physical appearance?
2. In which of the following unconventional behaviors for a professional basketball player does Greg Downing not engage?
3. Who owns the Parkview Diner?
4. Which of the following statements is not a way Emily's appearance has changed since Myron has last seen her?
5. Who drives by Greg's house three times while Win and Myron are inside?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Myron feel he owes something to Greg Downing?
2. What behaviors of Greg Downing's described by Clip Arnstein in Chapter One make Downing an unconventional professional basketball player?
3. Why does Esperanza say she does not go to see Myron play with the Dragons and does Myron seem to agree or disagree with her feelings about his return to basketball?
4. What is Win's relationship with Myron?
5. What is Myron's history as a professional basketball player and what are the pros and cons of signing him as a player for the Dragons while he is investigating Greg Downing's disappearance?
6. Why is Emily upset when she learns of Greg's endorsement deal with Forte Sneakers?
7. Describe Myron's encounter with the B Man in Chapter Seventeen.
8. Why does Myron think that Carla and Sally Guerro are the same person?
9. What does Dimonte ask Myron about the kind of people with which Greg Downing associates and what does his question indicate the police have found?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Fade Away takes place in present day New Jersey in the cultural milieu of professional basketball. Discuss how the geographical, chronological, and cultural settings affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Harlan Coben had set the novel in in a different chronological or cultural setting. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Greg Downing and T.C. Collins are star players for the New Jersey Dragons. Compare and contrast the ways they react to their fame. What are the drawbacks, if any, to their superstar status? What are the perks of their superstar status? Does their celebrity status affect their morality in any way? What do you think the author of the novel is trying to say about the celebrity status of professional athletes and the effects of celebrity on athletes through his depiction of these two characters? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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