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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 newspaper did Deborah write for?

2. What did the Bradfords leave on Myron's bed?

3. Who is waiting outside Myron's car?

4. What agreement does Myron make with Esperanza?

5. Who is the star of the new women's basketball league.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mabel say Anita and Horace helped her?

2. Why doesn't Al like the Bradfords?

3. Why do the detectives say they want to speak to Brenda?

4. Why does the picnic prove a welcome distraction for Brenda and Myron?

5. How did Myron realize Mabel had been lying to him?

6. What does Wickner tell Myron about Elizabeth Bradford's death?

7. What agreement does Myron come to with Esperanza in this section?

8. Why does Wickner kill himself?

9. What do Win and Myron find out about Brenda in Chapter 35?

10. How does Mabel say she lured Brenda away to kill her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Wickner's death guilt affect his life? Why does he decide suicide is his only option? What would have happened to him if he had exposed the Bradford family earlier?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the criminal mind.

1) In what ways is Anita the perfect example of a criminal mind?

2) How much research do you think was needed to make Mabel a realistic criminal?

3) How does Coben develop Mabel's character to make her realistic as a murderer and psychopath?

Essay Topic 3

ONE FALSE MOVE is part of the crime fiction genre.

1. What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2. How does Myron series fit into crime fiction? Does Coben introduce any new ideas?

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