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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 Chapter 17, what does a lawyer give Helen at the pool?

2. In Chapter 16, what does Mr. Rivers have a second helping of at dinner?

3. In Chapter 15 after swimming together, where does Collie say that he is going?

4. In Chapter 11, how long does Ray say that he has been back from California?

5. In Chapter 13, who does Barry tell Ray called him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how does Collie say that he found out that Julie was involved in the accident that killed his half brother?

2. In Chapter 11, what does Mr. Cox tell Ray when Ray phones to see how Barry is doing?

3. In Chapter 14, what is Ray thinking about after leaving the drugstore, and what does he not notice as he drives away?

4. In Chapter 12, why does Julie think that Elsa might have called Barry pretending to be Helen?

5. In Chapter 15, who calls Helen and why?

6. In Chapter 11, what does Ray think when he meets Elsa?

7. In Chapter 16, how does Mrs. James feel when she gets a premonition, and what does that feeling mean?

8. In Chapter 16, what does Mr. Rivers say about Helen having everything?

9. At the end of Chapter 15, what advice does Collie give Helen?

10. In Chapter 17, what does Helen do after Collie leaves the pool?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Plot is the sequence of events in a story and how the story is structured. What five different divisions can be used to divide the story into sections? In which section are most of the conflicts in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

After the accident, Barry and Helen use peer pressure to cover up the accident. How do Barry and Helen use peer pressure to cover up the accident? How do they continue to use peer pressure when Julie receives a threatening note? What are the positive or negative effects of peer pressure?

Essay Topic 3

Julie and Ray visit the Gregg home. How does the visit to the home make the Gregg’s seem more real to Julie? Why does the family seem abstract before the visit? What is revealed about the things that are abstract and reality through the visit?

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