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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 Myron's caller at the end of Chapter Twenty Seven claim to have?

2. What does Dimonte say Sidney Bowman spends most of his spare time doing?

3. What does Esperanza think is the link between Carla and the blackmail of Greg Downing in New York?

4. What is Win's response when Myron tells him Jessica wants Myron to move in with her?

5. How did Greg Downing tell the B Man he was going to get the money to pay his gambling debts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esperanza become concerned about Myron when she receives the list of people whose safe-deposit boxes were robbed in Tucson?

2. Why does Win go to Arizona at the end of the novel?

3. In Chapter Twenty Four, what does Clip Arnstein admit to knowing about Sally/Carla and her relationship with Greg Downing?

4. How does Cole Whiteman describe the murder that the Raven Brigade has been in hiding for since the Sixties?

5. Why does Greg hide out at TC Collins' house?

6. What does Esperanza think brought Carla/Sally to New York?

7. What in Chapter Twenty Nine lets Myron know that Esperanza is trying to be nice to him after his bad game the previous day?

8. Describe Myron's relationship with his parents.

9. What shocking secret is revealed on the tape Cole Whiteman sends Myron?

10. Why does say she killed Carla?

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

Compare and contrast at least three of the athletes or former athletes in the story: Big Cindi, Esperanza, TC Collins, Greg Downing, Leon White, and Myron Bolitar. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

In Fade Away, some of the ways the media is portrayed are through Audrey Wilson, who is a sports writer, and through the endorsement deal Greg Downing gets with Forte sneakers. Discuss the influence of the media in this novel. What do you think the author is trying to say about the role of the media in the world of professional sports? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your arguments.

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