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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. Who did Frank say was the worrier of the housemates in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 21, how did the housemates spend Saturday?

3. In Chapter 14, who came to interview the housemates about the attack?

4. Who did Frank interview after Cassie in Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 19, how many paychecks did Daniel say that most people were from the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John Naylor look like in Chapter 15?

2. Who does Cassie end up riding to Dublin Castle with in Chapter 21?

3. What did Daniel suggest that the housemates do when they were arguing in Chapter 17, and how successful was his suggestion?

4. What did Cassie find in an old traveling case in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 13, how did Cassie, Daniel, and Rafe flush out the attacker?

6. What was Lexie like when she was May-Ruth?

7. In Chapter 20, who did Cassie ask to go for a walk with her, and what was the response to her request?

8. What started the fight that led to Lexie getting stabbed?

9. In Chapter 23, what did Cassie do when they got back to Whitethorn and why?

10. In Chapter 14, why did Cassie think their attacker was Naylor?

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

How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Provide two examples from within this book.

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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