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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 ask the nurse who gives him the tranquilizer?

2. Who takes care of moving Cissy and her baby's grave?

3. When Eli meets Ethan, what does he think of him?

4. Who's name does Ross carve into his arm?

5. What happens to Rod in the car accident?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Ethan explain to Lucy about ghosts?

5. What does Az mean when he tells Meredith that he will share and be at the Pike property when she is there?

6. How does Eli discover how Cissy died?

7. What are Cissy's father's views of Genocide?

8. Who is Ruby referring to when she talks about someone she knew who was a sleepwalker?

9. Why does Eli want to hire Ross?

10. What is Spencer's story about the night of Cissy's death?

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

Henry Perkins was a real person who started the Eugenics Survey of Vermont, but Harry Beaumont and Spencer Pike are fictional. How does this affect the story for you to know that this really happened and that there were real people who did this kind of work?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the odd happenings around town and how the people reacted to them. Why does the town not panic?

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