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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. Who is waiting when the elevator doors open?

2. What does Harry realize when the scorpion comes after him?

3. What does the little man say that he is when Harry accuses him of being the killer?

4. Who does Harry decide is the key to solving the case at the end of chapter nineteen?

5. What was Linda doing when she had died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in chapter nineteen when Harry meets the photographer.

2. What does the photographer tell Harry about what he knows in chapter nineteen?

3. What does Harry find when he enters his office in chapter twenty-two?

4. Describe the crime scene where Linda's body is discovered.

5. Describe what Harry sees when he looks into Monica's eyes and they soul gaze.

6. What happens in chapter twenty-one when Harry calls his office?

7. What happens when Harry tells Susan to drink the escape potion in the lab?

8. What does Harry find while at Linda's apartment that gives him some hope?

9. What does Harry see at Victor's house when he opens his Third Eye?

10. Describe the scene in chapter sixteen when Harry is attacked.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harry and Murphy have a connection and are very much alike in many ways.

Part 1) Compare the characters of Murphy and Harry. In what ways are they the same? How do they differ?

Part 2) Is there any indication that Harry and Murphy will be able to mend their relationship? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) What effect does Harry's childhood seem to have had on Harry?

Part 2) In what ways does Harry seem a typical orphan?

Part 3) Given the way that Harry describes his father, what about Harry seems to be the same as his father? In what ways is he different from his father?

Essay Topic 3

Comic relief is often used as an important literary tool in a story.

Part 1) What characters in the story provide comic relief?

Part 2) How would the story have changed without these moments of comic relief?

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