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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what time do the bookstore employees claim to have seen Jamie?
(a) 12.40.
(b) 10:40.
(c) 11:40.
(d) 9.40.

2. What does Joanna think caused Jamie's mood to change suddenly, a couple of months previously?
(a) Natalie da Silva got a new boyfriend.
(b) Jamie started having health problems.
(c) Jamie got fired from his job.
(d) Connor got accepted into a distant college.

3. Who is Elliot Ward?
(a) Pip's father.
(b) A murder victim.
(c) Pip's best friend's father.
(d) A drug dealer.

4. Where does Harry Scythe say he saw Jamie on Friday night?
(a) The Fairview police station.
(b) Weevil Road.
(c) Old Farm Road.
(d) The Fairview Mail office.

5. How did Pip end up in the hospital during her previous investigation?
(a) She was pushed into an icy river.
(b) She was given an overdose of drugs.
(c) She was hit in the head.
(d) She had a panic attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail do the employees disagree about?

2. How does Pip discover that Stella Chapman is the girl that Jamie followed to the party?

3. What is implied by Luke's reaction to Pip's mention of the Max Hastings trial?

4. Why have the police refused to look for Jamie?

5. What reason does Pip give for not asking for Ravi's help with the Missing poster?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Pip give Connor for refusing to help him in the way he asks her to?

2. In the four-second video clip of Jamie from the calamity party, what can he be seen doing?

3. Why is Pip irritated to see Stanley Forbes at the memorial service, and what does Ravi point out about this?

4. What does Pip want to be sure that Joanna and Connor understand before they start the investigation?

5. In Chapter Four, what past event makes Pip so alarmed by Cara's extreme inebriation when Cara calls her on Friday night?

6. What does Jamie call Stella when he approaches her, and what explanation does Pip come up with for his strange comments?

7. What promise to her mother does the opening of Chapter Sixteen make clear Pip is breaking?

8. In Chapter Fourteen, how does Pip persuade her parents to allow her to continue her investigation?

9. What is strange about Ravi's attitude when he comes to pick Pip up for dinner at the beginning of the story, and what explanations does Pip think of?

10. Describe the basis of Jamie's relationship with Natalie da Silva.

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