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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 Amadou Diallo?
2. Where has Elizabeth been in the eight years since her supposed death?
3. To whom do the police give a courtesy call to announce their intent to arrest David?
4. Whose jaw does David break at the end of Chapter Twenty-Four?
5. Why did Hoyt decide to make it appear that Elizabeth was dead after the attack on her at Lake Charmaine?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Melvin Bartola and what is his tie to Elizabeth and to David?
2. What reason does Hoyt give David for taking him to Griffin Scope's house? What is his true reason?
3. Whose body was identified as Elizabeth's and what discrepancies does Shauna note in the autopsy report to convince her that the body was not Elizabeth's?
4. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what evidence do the police find at David's home incriminating him in the murder of Rebecca Schayes?
5. What does Tyrese give David in Chapter Twenty-Three and what does this foreshadow?
6. What secret does David reveal to Elizabeth in the last chapter of the novel and how surprised is Elizabeth by his revelation?
7. How does Hoyt Parker explain the discrepancies in Elizabeth's autopsy file to Carlson?
8. What reason does Stone give Carlson for leaving Elizabeth's murder alone and who may have influenced this decision?
9. What plans does Tyrese have for moving out of New York?
10. When Hester calls David to alert him of his impending arrest, why doesn't David want to surrender?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the minority characters in the novel: Tyrese, Brutus, Shauna, Linda, and Eric Wu. Are these characters depicted with stereotypes or as individuals? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the antagonists that David encounters in the novel: Larry Gandle, Eric Wu, Hoyt Parker, and Griffin Scope.
Essay Topic 3
Tell No One takes place in present day New York. Discuss how the geographical and chronological setting affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Harlan Coben had set the novel in Atlanta during the Civil War instead. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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