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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 four bookstore employees who were at Mike's house on Friday is not at work when Pip comes in to interview them?

2. In Chapter One, what irritates Pip's mother about her behavior?

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

4. What is the best description of how Leanne feels when she learns of Pip's investigation into Jamie's disappearance?

5. Why does Natalie react negatively to Pip's statement that the police are not helping the Reynolds family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What conditions does Leanne put on her acceptance of Pip's investigation?

3. At the beginning of Chapter Two, what task does Pip struggle with, and how does it show how her previous investigation changed her?

4. Once Pip and Ravi understand the layout of the Thompson house, what piece of evidence becomes more useful, and why?

5. What is the false document that immediately follows the prologue, and what is this document's purpose?

6. What is the main point of the introduction that Pip records for season 2 of her podcast?

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

8. What does Pip eventually title her podcast, and whose idea was this title?

9. What does Pip find in the drawer of Jamie's bedside table, and why is it so puzzling?

10. What does Luke tell Pip about his movements on Friday night, and how does Natalie react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes Jamie Reynolds's growth as a person due to the events of the novel. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the symbolic significance of Pip's car accident. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that affirms, refutes, or qualifies the following claim: "Ravi Singh is not a fully developed or believable character; he seems to exist simply as a practical and emotional convenience to the book's main character." Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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