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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 Horace use to cut the boy's Achilles tendons?

2. Where does Brenda say her mother ran away to?

3. Who interrupts Myron when he is speaking to Wickner?

4. What does Campbell ask Brenda to do?

5. What is the name of Brenda's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Norm Zuckerman want Myron to help?

2. Why does F.J. threaten Myron in Chapter 10?

3. What does Win tell Myron about F.J. on the way to Brenda's practice?

4. Why does Esperanza say she hates Jessica?

5. What does Myron find out about the Bradfords in the library?

6. What new information does Mabel give Myron about Brenda's mother?

7. Why does Mabel think the two men after her brother are dangerous?

8. What example does Brenda give of how protective her father could be?

9. How does Myron know Brenda's father, Horace?

10. How does the author describe Deborah Whittaker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Myron's methods as a detective.

1) What is the evidence that leads to Myron solving the case?

2) What mistakes does Myron make during the course of the story? How does he rectify his mistakes?

Essay Topic 2

The author wrote ONE FALSE MOVE in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Arthur's feelings for Brenda.

1) How did not having a real relationship with Brenda affect Arthur?

2) How does Brenda's death affect Arthur?

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