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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 detail do the employees disagree about?

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

3. Who actually turned out to be the killer of Andie Bell?

4. What is the name of the detention officer that Pip speaks to first at the police station?

5. What is the name of the reporter that Pip talks to at the Fairview Mail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter One, what has Josh gotten into trouble at school for doing, and what is Pip's mother's reaction?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is odd about the way the Fairview Mail reporter responds when Pip calls his name, and how does his co-worker explain this response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the novel's stance on vigilantism. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that analyzes the irony of the differing fates of Stanley Forbes and Max Hastings. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about one of the key locations in the novel. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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