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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. In Chapter 26, when does Rufus say that his father had an accident at the factory?

2. How many cases does Detective Price say they are lucky to solve every year?

3. How close was the town to Prague where Frank Lustig and his wife grew up?

4. What color are the armchairs and sofa in the Lustigs' house?

5. Who does Zoe go to Oxford with in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Rufus win at a carnival when he was nine?

2. What does Duncan say about Gordon, Lily's former human, at the end of Chapter 19?

3. What does Betsy say about dating?

4. What preparations has Tomas made for canvassing the neighborhood for Karel's assailant?

5. In Chapter 18, why does Tomas want to search in the area near the hospital for the assailant?

6. Why does Rufus say that he and Zoe should not have sex in Chapter 26?

7. What happens when Benjamin and Matthew fight in the gym?

8. What was Tomas doing the morning that Karel was attacked?

9. In Chapter 25, how does Benjamin explain what happened at Rachel's?

10. Why does Duncan use acrylics when he paints?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various chapters told? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints allow the author to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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