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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 the suspect Mickey brings into the police station from the domestic incident call she responds to?

2. Who does Mickey find out is Kacey's new boyfriend?

3. What does Simon tell Mickey at first about Kacey's addiction?

4. What is Mickey's father's name?

5. What is Kacey's most recent boyrfriend's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Mickey have with Bethany, her son Thomas's babysitter, in Part I?

2. What kind of relationship does Mickey have with Paula Mulroney?

3. In Part II, who are the people who respond to Mickey when she reaches out looking for Kacey?

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

5. What did the Nutcracker field trip highlight for Mickey when she was a child?

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

7. What "other life" does Mickey wonder about sometimes?

8. What is Mickey always afraid of when she is called to the scene in an area with the body of a young woman?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the bond between Mickey and her long-time professional partner, Truman Dawes, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What factors in Mickey's childhood and adolescence do you think lead her to become romantically involved with Simon Cleare? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Mickey's flashback to the first time she saves Kacey from an overdose set the reader's expectations about their relationship for the rest of the novel (pages 27 - 29)? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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