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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 did Mickey do as Kacey moved out of her house in Port Richmond?
2. What does Simon abruptly tell Mickey about Kacey that Mickey thinks is slightly suspicious?
3. What does Mickey say she has nightmares about to this day in Part IV?
4. What did Truman give Mickey as a baby gift?
5. Who answers the door at the house Mickey arrives at on Christmas night after leaving Thomas with Mrs. Mahon?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part III, what does Dock say to Mickey that scares her and enrages her at the same time?
2. Why does Mickey refuse to let Thomas see his father?
3. What does Paula Mulroney tell Mickey about the murder suspect in Mickey's video in Part III?
4. In Part IV, what terrible mistake does Mickey make when talking to Kacey about Simon and Kacey's pregancy?
5. In Part IV, what does Mickey do to Truman that she is deeply ashamed of the following morning?
6. How does Mickey think the officers who come to her house perceive her when she reports Thomas missing?
7. In Part III, how does Thomas react to having Mrs. Mahon for a babysitter?
8. In Part IV, why does Detective DiPaolo tell Mickey Simon Cleare can not be a viable suspect?
9. In Part IV, who does Truman suggest to Mickey might be a suspect in the murders and why?
10. What does Mickey find in Gee's house on Christmas Day that shocks her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does growing up poor affect Mickey's life choices as she grows into adulthood? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What effect does Moore's choice to alternate every section of the novel between the present-day and flashbacks have on the reader? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
How, and why, does Mickey entirely change her opinion about Mrs. Mahon from the beginning of the novel to the end? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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