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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 do the police do with the men who have been arrested as suspects?

2. Who does Alex want to avoid seeing?

3. What shocking conclusion does Alex make from seeing the clue?

4. What does Jed accuse Alex of being?

5. Alex accepts what kind of a ride with a reporter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alex confront Jed?

2. How does Alex realize that Ellen is the murderer?

3. What distressing realization does Alex have about Jed?

4. Describe Johnny's defense.

5. What does David reveal about Cordelia's knowledge of Isabella?

6. What does David propose to do with Jed about which Alex is reluctant?

7. How does Alex reveal her character in court?

8. What happens when Alex goes to the police station for the rapist investigation?

9. How do Mike and Alex differ on Jed as a suspect?

10. Describe the letter Alex gets from Cordelia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Alex's motivation and reasons for paying close attention to the letters. What do they reveal about the murderer?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the detecting techniques of the four sleuths of Alex, Mike, Paul, and David; cover how they each approach the murder and whether their intuitions are correct. Who actually solves the murders and how?

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