View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how old did Cassie think Lexie's murderer might be?

2. How old was Frank when Cassie first met him?

3. What did Cassie find in an alcove of the garden in Chapter 6?

4. How many did the squad room hold in Chapter 3?

5. What type of wallpaper was under the flowered wallpaper in the sitting room?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what did Cassie do when everyone was concerned about her taking a walk by herself?

2. What woke Cassie at the end of Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 1, why did Frank Mackey want Cassie to come to a murder scene?

4. In Chapter 5, what did the table look like set for dinner?

5. Who did Cassie think would be the best person to talk to and why in Chapter 10?

6. In Chapter 3, what was Lexie Madison doing between 2002 and 2005?

7. In the Prologue, what does Cassie dream about entering Whitehorn House?

8. In Chapter 10, what did Daniel tell Cassie about the old herb gardens?

9. In Chapter 3, what did Cassie remember about leaving the Murder squad?

10. What did Whitethorn House look like when Cassie first saw it in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It was rumored that a March had fathered a baby with a village girl in the past. What different versions of a story about a March fathering a baby were told to Sam and Frank? How did the passing of time make it difficult to know the truth of the story? Was bias a factor that made discovering the truth difficult?

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

Cassie saw the housemates as members of a family. Why did Cassie see the housemates as members of a family? What is conveyed about family units through the relationships between the housemates?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 938 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample