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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 Pat do when he returns home in Chapter 23?

2. What is the weather like when Pat goes to his office in Chapter 18?

3. Why does Senator Burkman begin to cry?

4. What does Bill Hardesty say about Lila at the meeting?

5. What did Lila do for Doc in the past?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why isn't Madeline arrested in Chapter 29?

2. Why does Pat decide to smuggle the body out of the building?

3. As of Chapter 26, are Pat and Lila in similar situations? Use evidence from the story to support your argument.

4. Why does Pat wonder if Lila killed Eggleston?

5. What does Pat realize about Doc in Chapter 17?

6. Does Pat trust Madeline?

7. What does the loss of Pat's job mean for Doc?

8. According to Eggleston, why was Pat paroled and not pardoned?

9. Why does Pat tell Eggleston the truth when Eggleston questions him?

10. Whom will Doc's scheme benefit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of intrigue and suspense to pique the reader's interest. Is he successful? How does this story compare to other novels you have read of the same genre?

Essay Topic 2

How do the setting and tone of the story contribute to the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How does the period in which the story is set affect the book? How would these characters have acted if it were present day? Would they be able to pull off such a scheme?

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