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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. In Pip's podcast update about the Max Hastings trial, what belief does Pip express about Connecticut's laws?

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

3. Who is Hillary F. Weiseman?

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

5. About what time do the bookstore employees claim to have seen Jamie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At the memorial service, what does Pip learn about Andie's parents?

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

6. What reason does Detective Hawkins give for refusing Pip's request?

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

8. What photo of Jamie does Joanna ask to see in Chapter Fifteen, and what does opening this photo cause Pip to realize?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that compares and contrast Pip's and Jamie's parents and makes a claim about what the differences and similarities signify. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the language Jackson uses to describe the "pit" that Pip feels inside her early in the novel. Use quoted evidence to support your claims.

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