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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 do Crosby and the kidnapper have in common?

2. Why did Helen want Andi and her daughters killed?

3. What does Lucas think about the address he now has?

4. How does Mail escape?

5. How did Mail escape the blockades?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Lucas and his group waiting to get confirmation about and what happens when they finally do receive it?

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

4. Who is Gloria Crosby and what does Lucas learn from her and about her?

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

6. What does Lucas see while he is in the shop and what does it turn out to be?

7. How did Crosby and Mail meet and how were they together?

8. What is unique about the message that Mail gives to Lucas and why and how does Luca decode the message?

9. Who is Ice and what information does she share with Lucas?

10. What does Mail do when he realizes that he can't escape in his van?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the justification for the kidnapping. Was this a valid reason? Why or why not? What other options would have been open to Helen?

Essay Topic 3

In reflection, which events were foreshadowed in the novel? Evaluate the author's ability to foreshadow. Support your evaluation using at least three details from the text.

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