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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. How do Alicia and the detective feel about each other on his first visit to her apartment?

2. What happens when the Nail shoots the person who attacks him?

3. What does Alicia's lawyer say to her when she first speaks to him in the novel?

4. What best describes the person who drives the gray sedan?

5. What do Alicia and Will drink at dinner the night of her appointment with Gordon Haffner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sam Baker?

2. Why does Alicia attack a man with a fire extinguisher?

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

4. What is Hector's health condition when Alicia visits him the day after her visit from the detective?

5. How does Jack feel about quitting his mercenary pursuits of justice in order to marry Gia?

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

7. How does Jack bring the Nail to justice?

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

9. Is Sam Baker a good son?

10. How does Jack respond to Gia's request that he help Alicia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who does more good for the world, Jack or Alicia?

Essay Topic 3

What is the best use of symbolism in the novel? Explain why you decided what you did, and compare/contrast it against other examples of symbolism in the novel.

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