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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 Clay use to support himself?

2. How does Big Cyndi greet Myron outside his office?

3. Where do Myron's ambushers take him?

4. How does Mabel say she led Brenda away from basketball practice?

5. Why does Myron tell Jessica he is not himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fight between Myron and the Bradfords in this section.

2. What secret has Bradford been keeping all these years?

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

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

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

6. How does Myron think Horace died?

7. How does Win persuade Jackson to talk?

8. What new information does Win give Myron on the way to meeting Clay Jackson?

9. How did the Bradfords cover up Elizabeth's death?

10. Why does Myron turn down Brenda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the characters in the book and discuss how he or she would cope in two of the following scenarios:

1. Brenda murdered her father.

2. Myron kills one of the Bradfords.

3. Anita is found alive.

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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