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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. Why does Cole Whitman say that Greg Downing could not have killed Carla?
2. Why does Myron want to find out if Leon White's wife Fiona was a September centerfold?
3. How long has the Bolitar family lived in the same house?
4. Whose fingerprints does Dimonte find by the door frame at Carla's apartment?
5. Who does Myron think may have cleaned up the blood in Greg Downing's basement?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Cole Whiteman describe the murder that the Raven Brigade has been in hiding for since the Sixties?
2. Does Myron's meeting with Marty Felder in Chapter Twenty Eight solve any of the puzzles he's investigating or does it deepen the mysteries surrounding Greg Downing?
3. 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?
4. Describe Myron's relationship with his parents.
5. When Myron tells Win that Jessica has asked him to move in with her, why doesn't Win respond immediately?
6. Who does Cole Whiteman tell Myron he saw coming in and out of Carla's apartment on the day of her murder and what convinces Whiteman that Greg Downing is not Carla's killer?
7. What shocking secret is revealed on the tape Cole Whiteman sends Myron?
8. Why does Greg hide out at TC Collins' house?
9. Why does Myron take Audrey with him to meet the blackmailer?
10. What does Myron find out about Fiona White's involvement with Greg Downing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Myron Bolitar and his role as the novel's protagonist. What are his character strengths and flaws? How do these strengths and flaws help and hinder him during the story? In what ways is Myron typical and in what ways is he atypical for a protagonist? 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
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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