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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. What is the Nail's connection to the Center for Children with AIDS?

2. What does Hector do as Jack leaves the Center for Children with AIDS after his first meeting with Alicia?

3. How does Alicia get home after her Friday meeting with Will Matthews?

4. Where is the Nail waiting?

5. What does Jack's father want him to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Jack's plan to learn who Thomas' financial backers are.

2. Describe Alicia Clayton's reaction to watching her lawyer's car explode.

3. Explain what happens when a carpenter sees Jack step out of an empty elevator shaft.

4. What happens to the arsonist that Alicia hires?

5. Why does Jorge want to hire Jack?

6. How does Alicia feel about Will Matthews when they have dinner together?

7. Is Sam Baker a good son?

8. Is Jack's eavesdropping on Alicia's meeting worth it?

9. Who is Sam Baker?

10. Why does Detective Matthews visit Alicia at her apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alicia's desire to destroy her father's house and Ronald Clayton's will are critical elements in Legacies which are connected. Analyze how the physical manifestation of Ronald Clayton's will effects Alicia's behavior throughout the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Characters in Legacies face issues of both risk and courage.

1) Which characters take the biggest risks in the novel, and why?

2) Explain how risk and courage are related using specific characters as your examples.

3) Analyze the causal effect, if there is one, between risk and courage in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Who are the most and least trustworthy characters in the novel? Support and explain your answer.

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