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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 is Mickey most embarrassed about during her last visit to Truman's house in Part III?

2. What did Kacey name her son when he was born?

3. What does Mrs. Mahon tell Mickey about where the tattoo was placed on the man who came looking for Mickey?

4. What does Mickey's father tell her about how he tried to find her?

5. Where is Thomas's fifth birthday party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mickey find in Gee's house on Christmas Day that shocks her?

2. How does Mickey think the officers who come to her house perceive her when she reports Thomas missing?

3. Why does Mickey end up confiding in Mrs. Mahon on the day that she calls the police to help find Thomas?

4. In Part IV, what terrible mistake does Mickey make when talking to Kacey about Simon and Kacey's pregancy?

5. In Part IV, why is Mickey so frantic when she comes home to find Bethany and Thomas gone?

6. In Part III, what does Mickey learn from Simon at Thomas's birthday party that really frightens her?

7. How does Mickey feel about Alonzo's coffee shop?

8. Why is it such a problem for Mickey when it is a snow day?

9. Why does Paula Mulroney refuse to make a report on the information she has about the murder suspect in Part III?

10. In Part IV, who does Truman suggest to Mickey might be a suspect in the murders and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Mickey feel guilty about her and Kacey's childhood? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does Mickey value the most about her own personality and skills from her adolescence through to her adulthood, and why? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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