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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 was the regular client Tone was with the night Baby died?

2. What is one reason for Mira's extreme unhappiness in Chapter 19?

3. How has Beckles come to take the solving of Baby's murder?

4. Where does Esme work for a while in her youth following Lala's birth?

5. Why does Tone wait and watch Lala's house in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death?

2. What is Adan fixated on, strangely, after Baby's funeral?

3. What happens to Tone in his youth that generates great anguish and anger in him afterwards?

4. What does Tone remember most about Lala from their youth?

5. Why is Sergeant Beckles so anxious to solve the mystery of Baby's death?

6. Who takes care of Mira after Peter's death, and how does this person act around Mira?

7. Who does Adan rob and beat many years later from his own childhood?

8. Why does Tone bring Jacinthe to Lala's and Adan's house in the first place?

9. What does Tone show Lala that he has not shown to almost anyone else?

10. What are some reasons Lala does not leave Adan after he starts beating her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Jones describe the evolution of Adan's character from a troubled child to a brutal murderer? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of Mira Whalen's most significant regrets following her husband Peter's death, and how does Mira handle the trauma of that event in its immediate aftermath? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does Lala's wedding ring, and the manner in which Adan procures it, symbolize about their entire marriage and relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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