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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 type of pajamas is Isabelle wearing in Chapter 2?

2. Where was Snowflake Bentley from?

3. How old is Vincent Gilbert?

4. How did Ruth escape being treated by Cameron?

5. What were Robinson's mother's religious beliefs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gilbert's cabin like?

2. What does Robinson say about meeting Ruth Zardo and using her poem, and how does Armand contradict her?

3. In Chapter 39, why is Jean-Guy thinking that Paul Robinson did not kill Maria?

4. What does Armand tell Isabelle and Jean-Guy regarding losing a parent?

5. How close was Vincent GIlbert to Edouard Tardif when Tardif shot at Robinson, and what did Gilbert do?

6. In Chapter 42, what does Haniya say to Armand when he again asks if she killed Schneider?

7. In Chapter 45, what reason does Armand speculate might have made Debbie Schneider kill Maria?

8. What does Robinson say about her argument with Vincent GIlbert?

9. What does Reine-Marie give Haniya when they part, and what are Haniya's thoughts about the gift?

10. What is learned about Robinson's mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Police procedure is followed during the police investigation. How is police procedure followed during the police investigation? What does the investigation reveal about the importance of intuition and following clues?

Essay Topic 2

Haniya experiences a character arc in The Madness of Crowds. How does Penny use events and characters in Haniya’s character arc? What internal growth and changes does Haniya experience?

Essay Topic 3

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Madness of Crowds? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in the book? Why might research be required to understand allusions?

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