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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 does Johnny help Levi to do?
2. What does Hunt speculate about Alyssa in Chapter 58?
3. Hunt shows an autopsy photo of whom to Johnny to confirm that he is the man Johnny saw with Jarvis?
4. Hunt gets a call from Officer Cross telling him the police team has unearthed the body of whom in Chapter 50?
5. What type of uniform is the 19-year-old woman wearing at Ken's home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Hunt give Yoakum for why Officer Cross probably killed David Wilson?
2. Describe the scene in which Johnny returns home to find his mother abused by Holloway. How does Holloway die?
3. Describe the scene which Hunt and Yoakum find when they arrive at Officer Cross' house to arrest him.
4. Describe the scene in which Hunt and Yoakum are ordered to surrender their revolvers. Why is Yoakum taken to state headquarters in Raleigh for questioning?
5. What reason does the police chief give Hunt for why Yoakum was taken away for questioning?
6. How do Hunt and Yoakum reach the conclusion that the man who Johnny saw with Jarvis was a security guard?
7. When does Hunt begin to think that maybe Alyssa wasn't abducted at all? Who really knows the truth?
8. What information does Dr. Trenton Moore give to Hunt that clears Hunt in Levi's killing?
9. Who tips off Meechum to destroy the computer and child pornography items?
10. Why did Officer Cross forbid anyone to speak of Alyssa's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Johnny, Jack, Detective Hunt, Allen, and Katherine. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc. How do you think the events of the novel have changed these characters?
Essay Topic 2
The Last Child is a classic mystery story. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two themes about loss in the book. Then cite an example to support each theme you name. How does loss impact the characters in the novel? What symbolism connects with this theme?
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