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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 long has Mickey been a police officer?
2. What database does Mickey look her sister's name up in to try to find out if she has been arrested?
3. How long has it been since Kacey and Mickey have spoken?
4. What is Kacey's most recent boyrfriend's nickname?
5. What is Gee's reaction when Mickey asks her for help with the paperwork for college?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part I, what does Mickey reveal about her former partner Truman's handling of police business and how it differs from her own?
2. In Part II, who are the people who respond to Mickey when she reaches out looking for Kacey?
3. In Part II, how does Mickey find out who Kacey's lastest boyfriend is?
4. What is Mickey always afraid of when she is called to the scene in an area with the body of a young woman?
5. In Part I, how does Mickey know that the body she and Lafferty finds is the probable victim of a homicide?
6. What does Mickey think of her new partner, Eddie Lafferty, in Part I?
7. What does Mickey want Lafferty to know about Kensington in Part I?
8. What problems does Mickey have with Bethany, her son Thomas's babysitter, in Part I?
9. What does Mickey think of her landlady, Mrs. Mahon, in Part I?
10. Who does Mickey turn to for help when Kacey overdoses for the first time when she is 16 and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
How does Mickey really feel about the neighborhood she has long patrolled as a police officer, and about its people? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How do you think Moore intends to convey the effects of the opioid addiction crisis in this novel? What points about the crisis do you think she most wants to communicate to the reader?
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