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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 the name of the young man who walks into police headquarters to offer information regarding the Haraway case?

2. How long isTommy Ward interviewed by detectives?

3. Which Commandment from the Bible does Tommy Ward quote?

4. According to the state medical examiner, who/what does the charred bone remains belong to?

5. Who writes, "I had a dream that I was at a keg party, then poof I was sitting in a pickup with two guys and a girl"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Richard Kerner and what kind of relationship does he have with Don Wyatt?

2. In Chapter 4, how does Tricia Ward's father react when she tells him her brother Jimmy was smoking marijuana?

3. Who are the first three characters introduced to the reader in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 8, how does Bud Wolf feel after he begins to recall the times that he and Tommy Ward had shared?

5. How is the Haraway case different from both the Rawlings' and the Brown's cases?

6. Why is Detective Dennis Smith's theory about Denice Haraway being dumped into a manhole dismissed by the sewer department?

7. Why do detectives dismiss Tommy Ward as a potential suspect in the disappearance of Denice Haraway in Chapter 2?

8. Describe the first degree charges filed against Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot in Chapter 5.

9. Describe the dream Arlene Cameron has in Chapter 5.

10. Describe Debbie Carter's murder case as describe by the narrator.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the title, The Dreams of Ada.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the issue of justice and its role in society as related in The Dreams of Ada.

Essay Topic 3

What was author Robert Mayer's purpose in writing The Dreams of Ada? Was it to inform, entertain, or persuade the reader? In your opinion, does author Robert Mayer make an effort to seem completely unbiased? Or do you believe he is trying to promote a certain position in the story? Use at least three examples from the text to support your answer.

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