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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 saying does Cissy think of as she looks at the mental patients?

2. What kind of disease does Ethan have?

3. What is making the death certificates of Cissy Pike and her baby stick together?

4. What is the defining characteristic of Lottie, the town clerk?

5. What falls out of the sky and hits Ross' leg one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Meredith's reckless driving prove?

2. What role does jealously play in Cissy's story?

3. What does Ross believe about his own power to die? Why does he carry these beliefs with him?

4. On the first ghost hunting case of the novel, what is Eve O'Donnell's description of what is happening in her house?

5. On Meredith's awful blind date, how does she finally get rid of the guy?

6. How does Shelby live with her son? What kind of life is this? What does Shelby believe about her life?

7. What, according to Spencer's lectures, does he believe about African Americans?

8. What happened to Eli's wife?

9. What are Ross's thoughts of suicide?

10. How does Cissy show strength when she hires Gray Wolf?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ross know about Meredith's car accident? Is it the same as his?

Essay Topic 2

How is trial evidence added to the story? Do you like the way the author connected the evidence and facts with the information gathered by the ghost hunter?

Essay Topic 3

Spencer says in the novel that some women are meant to change the world and others are meant to hold it together. What does he mean by this? What does this say about his views toward women?

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