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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 Mitch supposed to put the money and bonds in?

2. What movie is mentioned in Chapter 58?

3. How did Mitch know that Taggart hadn't recovered well enough to give a description of the Honda?

4. How much money did Mitch find in cash and bonds?

5. How much was each of the pillars?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Holly keep thinking about? What gives her an idea?

5. What does Mitch feel when the kidnapper calls him to move up the time?

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

7. What sign did the kidnapper see above the girls and what did he perceive it to mean?

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

9. What was Mitch's threat to Anson?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Speculate on the purpose of Mitch's visit to his parent's place. Why was he wishing to speak to his mother? Why didn't he explain what was happening to him to his father? What characteristic made Mitch's mother a more likely choice for conversation?

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