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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 is Mookie's occupation?

2. What has Claude very curious about the murder scene?

3. What kinds of clothes hang in Lily's closet?

4. How does Lily know Bobo?

5. In Lily's eyes, why is Lindy not a suspect for the murder of Del?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Lily's new client? What is her occupation? What does Lily think of her on their first meeting?

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

6. 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?

7. What are Lily's thoughts concerning the death of Del from the moment she finds him? How do her thoughts change as the chapter progresses?

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

9. Describe The Fight in detail.

10. What does the reader learn about Shakespeare from Raphael Roundtree?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Now that the turmoil is over, argue how Shakespeare would be a good place for people to reside.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the setting of the novel. What is the significance of the small town with one major industry? How does the setting affect the theme of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

In a persuasive piece, argue how the police force let down the town of Shakespeare. What could and should they have done to make Shakespeare a safer place for everyone?

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