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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 Spencer not realize about Eli?

2. Who, other than Ross, sees the words written by Lia?

3. What does Eli take from Spencer's room?

4. How does Meredith know when the weather is going to be bad?

5. Who does Spencer think Meredith is?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Ruby, what was the heart attack a warning of?

2. When Cissy tries to tell her husband who her father is, what does Spencer do?

3. Why is Shelby bothered by words like kill or die?

4. Why does Ruby continue to lie to Ross about Cissy's baby?

5. Why does Eli want to hire Ross?

6. What does Ethan tell Lucy about their conditions?

7. What language does Cissy speak to her husband? What does she say?

8. What does the murder case of Cissy Pike get Eli thinking about? How does her death relate to him?

9. How is Az's confession a true confession?

10. Why does Ruby throw the card game with Ross?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of suicide runs through the novel. Why, according to Ross, is suicide NOT an escape? What was he trying to do when he tried to kill himself?

Essay Topic 2

How did the coming of Hitler kill the Eugenics movement in the United States?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the ending of "Second Glance" hopeful? How do you see these lives all connected by the tragedy of Cissy?

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