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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 adopted child of Tricia and Bud Wolf who is known as the "Christmas child"?

2. Where is Marie Titsworth when her daughter's truck is impounded?

3. What information does Officer Kyle Gibbs fail to receive from Lenny Timmons' emergency phone call?

4. What is Tommy Ward diagnosed with at the Valley View Hospital?

5. Ward tells Gary Rogers to look for Denice's body in all of the following locations, EXCEPT which one?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tricia Ward meet Bud Wolf?

2. Discuss the major evidence collected in the Rawlings' case as described by the narrator in Chapter 6.

3. What six courses of action does Don Wyatt outline for Richard Kerner to pursue in Chapter 8?

4. What alibi does Tommy Ward give to police in Chapter 2 about his whereabouts the night Denice Haraway went missing?

5. Why does Barney Ward not want to represent Tommy Ward in Chapter 5?

6. What does Richard Kerner say is his reason for always wearing a business suit in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

10. Describe the journey made on April 28, 1909, that was proves to be vitally important to those involved in the Haraway case.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the mistakes of the Ada police department in the Denice Haraway case. How could these mistakes have been avoided? How did these mistakes destroy the future of both Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the controversy over the composite sketches in the Denice Haraway murder case. How useful or reliable are composite sketches? Should composite sketches be used as evidence against a suspect? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

How does the author of The Dreams of Ada draw a parallel between the Denice Haraway murder and the Linda Thompson murder. Cite specific references from the text.

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