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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 extra magazines did Mitch want for target shooting?

2. What time did Mitch arrive in the city of Orange?

3. Where were Daniel and Kathy?

4. What did the killer take from the casket of the child that died of cancer?

5. Where wouldn't the killer's life be changed again?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why couldn't Holly put the nail in her pocket or in her shoe?

2. Why would no one driving past Mitch fail to give him special scrutiny?

3. What did Holly end up doing and what was the hardest part of accomplishing her task?

4. What had happened to Mitch's parents?

5. What was the chair they had built for Anthony in memory of?

6. What did Mitch reveal to Taggart?

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

8. What did Mitch originally fear? What did he fear now and why?

9. How does the Lexus Mitch attempts to steal almost become his undoing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jimmy Null's stories he presented to Holly. Did any of these stories share a common theme, other than the fact that they all occurred in New Mexico? What lead the reader to this conclusion?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Holly and Mitch's relationship. How does Mitch prove his feelings for his wife throughout the book? What might he have done had he not had such strong love for her? At how many points throughout the novel would it have been easier to give up?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Holly's fears of being kissed or touched by Jimmy. Why did she fear the contact so much? How was it likely that she would react to such contact? What brought Holly through her fears?

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