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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 do people in David's community whisper about his father, Stephen's, death?

2. Who is Randall Scope's father?

3. Why does Vic Letty walk with a limp?

4. Who offers to find David an attorney?

5. What is Tyrese Barton's relationship to T. J.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to David's parents?

2. What is David's relationship with Hoyt Parker like?

3. What suspicions about David do Carlson and Stone reveal to Hoyt in Chapter Fifteen?

4. Where does David take his dog, Chloe, in Chapter Nineteen and what information does he glean from a computer there?

5. What information does Rebecca Schayes reveal to David in Chapter Twelve about Elizabeth's supposed car wreck?

6. What is David's relationship with Shauna?

7. Who is Jeremiah Renway, and what is his tie to Elizabeth's murder?

8. What is David's profession and how is his work life a penance for not being able to save Elizabeth?

9. What happens to Rebecca Schayes in Chapter Nineteen, and why is she targeted?

10. Why does Shauna hire Hester Crimstein, and about what does Hester warn Shauna in Chapter Thirteen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the scene in Tell No One with Vic Letty and the author's use of indirect characterization in it. What does Letty's fate reveal about Larry Gandle? What does Letty's fate reveal about Eric Wu? What does Letty's fate reveal about Griffin Scope? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast at least three of the following female characters in Tell No One: Shauna, Linda, Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Hester. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Dr. David Beck is the protagonist of the novel, but he is also a murderer. Discuss the character of David and his role as protagonist or hero. What are his character strengths and flaws? How do these strengths and flaws help and hinder him during the story? How does his medical background help or hinder his solving of the mystery of whether his wife is alive or dead? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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