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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. Susan Carol tells Stevie that the dean wants them to meet him when in Chapter 13?

2. In Chapter 18, Steve Jurgenson says it's what that led him to the location of the kids?

3. Who had called Jurgenson to check on Chip in Chapter 18?

4. What character do Susan Carol and Stevie discover has gone missing after giving their statements in Chapter 19?

5. What does FCA stand for in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the dean's response to Chip's story in Chapter 14?

2. What led Steve Jurgenson to follow Chip, Stevie and Susan Carol, according to his story in Chapter 18?

3. Where does Chip agree to meet Steve Jurgenson in Chapter 16? Who does Susan Carol inform about their whereabouts?

4. What do Brill and Weiss suggest Stevie and Susan Carol do in Chapter 19?

5. What leads Susan Carol to believe Professor Whiting is speaking with Steve Jurgenson in Chapter 15?

6. Who do Stevie, Susan Carol, and Chip decide to reveal the blackmailing plot to in Chapter 15?

7. Who do Stevie, Chip, and Susan Carol find in the hotel room when they enter in Chapter 17? What do they learn?

8. What happens after the game in Chapter 19? What do Stevie and Susan Carol reveal to Chip?

9. What plan do Chip, Stevie, and Susan Carol devise when splitting up with Chip in Chapter 11? Where do they go next?

10. What does the dean tell Susan Carol when she calls him in Chapter 12? Who does she encounter in the game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define, identify, and analyze conflict in the narrative. What are the three principle types of conflict that a character can encounter in a literary or dramatic work? Which are at play for Stevie in Chapter 5? What internal conflicts does Stevie encounter?

Essay Topic 2

Describe, compare, and contrast the settings of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Orleans, and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi in the novel. Which characters live in each of these locations? How are the settings described by the author? How are they similar and dissimilar?

Essay Topic 3

Define, identify, and analyze exposition and rising action in a literary narrative and in this particular novel. How does the author transition the narrative from exposition to suspense? How traditional is this plot structure? What does the author reveal through exposition in the first chapters? How does this effectively set up the plot and characters?

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