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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 name does Squares begin looking for in Chapter 50?

2. What is the name of the former sorority house mother that Katy and Will talk to in Chapter 33?

3. Who does John decide to use to get to Will in Chapter 45?

4. Who does Will learn his brother had set up to sell drugs on a college campus in Chapter 42?

5. What is the name of the college that Will and Katy visit in Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pistillo reveal to Will when he takes him to his sister's house?

2. How is Will's meeting with Mr. Klein at a Little League field described?

3. What does Willl's girlfriend reveal about her past when she tells him her name is Nora Spring?

4. How does Mr. Kleain react when he runs into John in Chapter 41?

5. Why does Katy turn against Will and reveal to be working for John?

6. What happens when Joshua Ford and Raymond Cromwell visit McGuane's office in Chapter 40?

7. What does Pistillo tell Will he believes to have happened on the night Julie was murdered in Chapter 46?

8. What is the nature of the conversation Will and Katy have with a woman named Rose Baker in Chapter 33?

9. What is the nature of Squares and Wanda's conversations in Chapter 31?

10. What does Ken tell Will happened on the night Julie was murdered in Chapter 57?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trust is an important theme presented in many parts of the book. Part 1.) Does Will appear to be an overly trusting person in the book and if so what repercussions must he deal with because of this? Part 2.) How does the author try and create a sense of trust in characters that should be viewed as untrustworthy, and what purpose might he have for doing this? Part 3.) What role does trust play in the revelation of the truth by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the concept of revenge that is presented in the book. What can we learn about the nature of characters like Katy, John and Ken based on their acts of revenge taken out in the book, and what factors impacted these acts?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of grief that is presented in the book. How does the emotion of grief control characters like the Miller's and Klein's namely the older members of these families? What can we learn about the nature of grief by studying the actions of these characters?

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