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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 does Mail notice as he watches the press conference about the software designed to help catch him?

2. Why does Lucas have the area around the building locked down?

3. What surprises Mail when he opens the cellar?

4. How did Mail escape the blockades?

5. What do Crosby and the kidnapper have in common?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Lucas learn about Nancy Wolfe ?

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

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

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

8. How does Lucas keep from being fired?

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

10. What information does Helen share about her involvement in the kidnapping?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the character of Andi in regards to her strengths and weaknesses throughout the novel. Did this character grow throughout the novel? If yes, in what way? If not, why do you think she did not grow?

Essay Topic 3

How did the author develop the climax of the story? Do you feel that he did a good job in developing the climax? Why or why not?

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