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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 happens when the coach puts Myron into the game in Chapter Twenty Six?
2. Who delights Big Cyndi in Chapter Twenty Three by asking for her phone number?
3. Where does a strange woman approach Emily to blackmail her about something Greg has done?
4. Why does Calvin say Carla contacted him and Clip?
5. What does Myron realize about his playing ability in Chapter Twenty Six?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does say she killed Carla?
2. What does the bat found behind Greg Downing's dryer and the fingerprints found at Carla's apartment indicate about Downing's possible involvement in her murder?
3. Why does Win go to Arizona at the end of the novel?
4. What does Esperanza think brought Carla/Sally to New York?
5. In Chapter Twenty Four, what does Clip Arnstein admit to knowing about Sally/Carla and her relationship with Greg Downing?
6. Describe Myron's playing in the Dragons game in Chapter Twenty Six and how the crowd reacts to it.
7. What shocking secret is revealed on the tape Cole Whiteman sends Myron?
8. Why does Myron take Audrey with him to meet the blackmailer?
9. How does Myron think Leon White's wife, Fiona, might be involved with Greg Downing?
10. What facts in Chapter Twenty Two make Esperanza think Clip Arnstein knows more about Greg Downing's disappearance and Liz Gorman's murder than he has revealed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Myron Bolitar's relationship with Greg Downing in Fade Away. What is the history of their relationship? Are there any differences in the way Greg sees the relationship and the way Myron sees it? How does the relationship change during the course of the novel? Are there any ways in which Greg and Myron are foil characters for each other? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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
Discuss the humor in Fade Away. What characters and other aspects of the novel contribute to the novel's humorous tone? In what ways do you think humor strengthens the plot or characterization in the novel? Is humor a typical or atypical component of a mystery novel? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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