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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. How many bodies are found at the Hadlers?

2. How does Raco describe Billy's room?

3. What is the name of the neighboring town with a police department?

4. What does Barb think may be behind the murders?

5. Who helps look for Luke?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Falk say he is unable to work the case?

2. What is Raco doing when Falk finds him in the barn?

3. Where was Luke before the murders?

4. Why is Falk so scared after Ellie is killed?

5. Who remains alive from the family of four, three of whom were killed?

6. How are the human corpses different than the animal carcasses?

7. What did Gerry's note to Falk say?

8. Why do the police think the case is easy to solve?

9. What shape is Luke in when he is found?

10. Why is one of the coffins so small?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Luke's view on gun safety is strict. What does this say about him as a parent? What precautions did he take when he was alive and how do those conflict with the crime?

Essay Topic 2

What are the ramifications of Falk's name being written on paper found in the bedroom of two different dead women? Does this seem plausible? Is the reader supposed to believe Falk is being framed?

Essay Topic 3

What about Ellie's autopsy is important for the reader to understand about her as a person? What do the scars mean about her state of mind? Why is her virginity a clue?

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