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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. Who does Pip call as soon as she parks outside the Wards' old home in New Canaan?

2. What excuse does Pip give for wanting to get Cara's laptop in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

3. Who is Richard Hawkins?

4. What does the reader learn about Cara's mother's family in Chapter Forty?

5. Where does Victor suggest the Singhs and Pip's family meet that evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ravi persuade Pip to stay involved in the investigation?

2. In Chapter Thirty-Six, why does Pip tell Ravi she is done investigating, and how does he react?

3. When Barney disappears, how does Ravi show his concern for Pip, and how does she respond?

4. Where does Pip suspect that Mr. Ward is going when he says he is tutoring, and how does she plan to find out for sure?

5. In Chapter Thirty-Six, what does Ravi tell Pip about feeling guilty?

6. What does Pip discover on her laptop when she comes home in Chapter Twenty-Nine, and how does she react?

7. What information does Becca give Pip about Daniel da Silva?

8. In Chapter Forty-Six, how does Pip let Cara know what has happened, and how does Cara respond?

9. What does Pip finally decide to write her college application essay about?

10. In Chapter Forty, what causes Pip to feel not only afraid but angry and betrayed when she realizes who the killer is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the novel's inclusion of the romance between Ravi and Pip.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the title of the novel A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

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