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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 the name of Win's apartment building?

2. Who is waiting for Myron when he gets home in Chapter 19?

3. Who does Neagly say had been assaulted around the time of Elizabeth's death?

4. Where did Mabel work with Anita?

5. Who does Myron report to at the beginning of the first chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Myron think he has achieved by visiting the Bradfords?

3. What agreement do Slaughter and Myron come to in Chapter 1?

4. Why do the police think Brenda killed her father?

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

6. What do Myron and Brenda find in Horace's apartment?

7. What new information does Zuckerman give Myron in Chapter 8?

8. Why does Esperanza say she hates Jessica?

9. What does Bradford say he wants Myron to tell him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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