Fade Away Test | Final Test - Hard

Harlan Coben
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 166 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Fade Away Test | Final Test - Hard

Harlan Coben
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 166 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 is not a factor Myron recognizes about the killer in the video?

2. Where does the person Win and Myron follow at Columbia University take them?

3. Why does Marty say he made the videotape?

4. What does Dimonte call Myron to tell him at the end of Chapter Thirty?

5. What is Clip Arnstein's response when Myron asks if he knows Carla, Sally Guerro, or Liz Gorman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marty Felder, Greg's agent, offer Myron a job?

2. Explain how Win determines Clip Arnstein is lying about knowing Sally or Carla.

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

4. Describe Myron's playing in the Dragons game in Chapter Twenty Six and how the crowd reacts to it.

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. Why does Esperanza think the Raven Brigade came to New York and what does she do to investigate her theory?

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 contains a number of instances of foreshadowing. Cite three examples of foreshadowing in the plays and how it is used to indicate events to come.

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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