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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. Who does Bryce ask Charlie to call?

2. Why do Jenny and Lisa go next door?

3. Who is Jennifer's housekeeper?

4. What caused Jenny's father's death?

5. Who do they find next?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first thing that Bryce Hammond rules out?

2. What personal details does Jenny share with Bryce?

3. What message do they find at Candleglow Inn and what horrifies them as they are leaving?

4. Who goes to see Dr. Timothy Flyte and why?

5. What does the suspect, Fletcher Kale presume during his interrogation, and why?

6. What is different about the condition of the bodies in the bakery as opposed to everywhere else in town?

7. What happens before the sisters leave the Oxley residence that scares and relieves Jenny at the same time?

8. What abilities are revealed by the creature to the fox hunting in the surrounding woods?

9. Why does Talber Whitman worry about his friend Bryce during this interrogation?

10. What is so disturbing and fearful for young deputy Gordy Brogan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Sara Yamaguchi and what are her credentials? What report does she deliver to Bryce and Jennifer after conducting a cursory autopsy of one of the bodies? What answers does this provide them? What does she determine the cause of death of most of the victims is? What other anomaly does she discover and what analogy does she draw to help them understand what she is telling them? What worries her as she is giving her report and what discoveries are made as a result?

Essay Topic 2

What does the Ancient Enemy request of Kale and Terr when it realizes that it is dying? How has it represented itself to them, and what lofty position do they believe they hold with it? How do they think this effects them overall? What tasks are they given before it leaves? Where do they attempt to carry out these special tasks, and what is the outcome? What promise did the creature make that is quickly revealed as hogwash? What kills Terr, and what is the final killer for Kale?

Essay Topic 3

What is the relationship between Jennifer and Lisa? Why have they been estranged for so many years and what circumstances have now put them together? How is the age difference significant to their relationship thus far? What misconception has Jennifer been under for many years that Lisa is finally able to clear up, and how does this affect Jennifer overall? What might have been different had Jennifer known the truth earlier?

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