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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. Why does Pip go outside at the party?

2. Where does Howie say he was on the night Andie disappeared?

3. What does Ravi's story about Daniel talking to him outside the cafe imply is true about Daniel?

4. What are Pip's parents arguing about at the beginning of Chapter Nine?

5. What does Ravi say he wanted to be, before Andie's disappearance changed his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence convinces the police that Sal killed Andie?

2. What caused Ravi to give up on his dream career?

3. What happened when Natalie got a role in the school play that Andie wanted?

4. What details from the beginning of Chapter Eighteen show that both Pip's parents and friends are excited to see her going to a party?

5. When Pip tries to go to sleep after the chase through the woods, what does she find in her sleeping bag, and who does she accuse of putting it there?

6. What does Pip end up apologizing to Ravi for in Chapter Twenty-Two?

7. When Pip calls Howie's phone from the train station parking lot, what does she remember almost too late and what does she forget to do entirely?

8. In Chapter Seven, what does Ravi say he tried to do three years ago, and what deal does he want to make with Pip now?

9. In Chapter Twenty, what happens between Howie and Stanley Forbes, and what is implied about what is going on?

10. What is the implication of Jess's story about the calamity party, considered in the context of what Pip knows about Becca's self-harm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes how Jackson builds tension and suspense in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explicates how Jackson uses foreshadowing in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that evaluates Jackson's use of false documents to create verisimilitude.

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