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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Del think of Lily Bard as he prepares for the competition?
(a) She would win if she would compete.
(b) She is pretty.
(c) She is a coward.
(d) She is weird.

2. What hides the spotter's car in the parking lot?
(a) Light poles.
(b) Hibiscus.
(c) Wax myrtles.
(d) Trash bins.

3. How does Deedra react to Jerrell's accusations?
(a) She denies them.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She threatens him.
(d) She cries.

4. Why does Lily go for a walk at the beginning of Chapter Two?
(a) She is angry at herself and Claude.
(b) She'd rather walk then go to the gym.
(c) She is in search of answers to the murder.
(d) She can't sleep.

5. Where do Claude and Lily go after dinner in Montrose?
(a) To a movie.
(b) To Shakespeare.
(c) To a hotel.
(d) To the bookstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the spotter do with the weight bar?

2. How did Lily make the final determination that Del was dead?

3. Where was Beanie Winthrop most likely to be found during the day?

4. What is one of the reasons that Lily decides that she cares about Del's death?

5. What does Raphael tell Lily is bothering him when she meets him in the gym?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs with the spotter's gloves in the Prologue?

2. Who is the narrator of the story, and what type of person is she?

3. What kind of a physical character is Del Packard?

4. Where is Claude when Lily arrives home from work at the end of her day, and what do they discover together?

5. Why are the three murders that have taken place recently in Shakespeare suspicious to Lily?

6. Who is the new woman in town? What is she doing there? How do others react to her at the gym?

7. What discoveries does the reader make about Lily in the opening of Chapter Two days after she had turned Claude down.

8. Where and when throughout Chapter Two does Lily see the guy who was with Darcy in the gym right after Del's murder?

9. What does Del say about Lily Bard and the competition?

10. What has Howell and company brought home that Lily sees him bring into the house? What does he leave behind that annoys Lily? What might these two things mean?

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