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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. Where does Lucas go while the FBI is tracking Dunn and the ransom money?

2. What do the police learn from Crosby's neighbors?

3. How does Lucas narrow down who the informant is?

4. Where did Crosby and Mail meet?

5. How do the police know to move the perimeter after the cop is knocked out by Mail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Lucas learn from the man Sloan shot?

2. What does Mail do when he sees the ambulance take his friend away?

3. How does Mail get away from behind the house without the police catching him?

4. How does Dunn respond to Lucas's questions about who would benefit from Andi's kidnapping?

5. What does Lucas plan on doing at the press conference?

6. What does Lucas learn about Crosby and Mail's relationship that leads him to believe they worked together to fake Mail's death?

7. What does Lucas do so that he can be hunting for Mail himself?

8. Why did Mail stick to back roads as he made his way to his house?

9. How does Lucas know that Mail has set a trap for the police?

10. Where is Mail when he calls Lucas and what information does he let slip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What motives appeared throughout the novel? How and why were false motives included throughout the novel? Was the author's technique successful in this area? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What part does Andi's profession play in the main plot of this novel? In what ways is her profession helpful? In what ways does it seem useless? Do you think her training should have helped her more? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways is Lucas supported throughout the novel? Which characters provided him the most support? Which the least? Why do you think he is supported the way he was in the novel?

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