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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 is Mickey's son?

2. What did Kacey start to do regularly within a week of her first overdose?

3. What does Dock give to Mickey when he asks if she knows where Kacey is?

4. Where was Mickey's house that she used to own located?

5. What is Mickey's full first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mickey think of her landlady, Mrs. Mahon, in Part I?

2. In Part I, how does Mickey know that the body she and Lafferty finds is the probable victim of a homicide?

3. In Part II, who does Truman put Mickey in touch with who helps her find Kacey's most recent boyfriend?

4. How does Sergeant Ahearn treat Mickey when Mickey repeatedly asks for information about the homicide victim in Part I?

5. How does Mickey feel about her job as a police officer?

6. What does Mickey want Lafferty to know about Kensington in Part I?

7. What happens to Mickey's former partner Truman that takes him off the job?

8. What does Mickey think of her new partner, Eddie Lafferty, in Part I?

9. When Mickey responds to a domestic violence dispute in Part II, what strange thing does the suspect say to her?

10. What does Mickey refer to when she refers to the "first" time she found her sister Kacey dead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What tactics does Moore use throughout the novel to build tension? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does growing up poor affect Mickey's life choices as she grows into adulthood? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the significance and meaning of the novel's title, Long Bright River.

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