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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 had the police utilized to attempt to find Mitch?

2. What motored vehicle was being utilized?

3. What had made Mitch feel close to Holly?

4. What weapon did Mitch utilize on Anson?

5. What is the best piece of business?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what point did Mitch feel close to Holly, and how was he affected by this?

2. Why doesn't Holly want to use the bedpan?

3. What is Holly concerned about regarding her baby?

4. Why did Anson tell Mitch the kind of work he was involved in with Julian Campbell?

5. Why had Null still managed to move?

6. Why did Mitch not invite his parents to the wedding?

7. Why couldn't Holly be too interested in what the kidnapper that she didn't like had to say?

8. How was money not an object for Thomas Turnbridge? What did he do with the money?

9. What did Mitch reveal to Taggart?

10. How does Holly feel about the items taken from the child's grave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the connections that the kidnappers made to Mitch throughout the novel. How do these connections influence Mitch's decisions? In what regard do they influence the story and how it progresses?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mitch's exploitation of Anson's dreams. How does Mitch get Anson to reveal where the money is? What about the money on the yacht? When Mitch does this, what other character does he seem to learn from?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Anson's change in attitude before he was confined by Mitch and after. How did he change and was it for the better? Why or why not? Speculate on whether or not Anson's attitude is likely to change and whether it will be for better or for worse following a stint in prison.

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