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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. Why does Stef hold back at the beginning of the race?

2. What does Stef think Grave Dancer's killer was after?

3. Why does Stef drive out to Sarah's house?

4. Who does Parker think about as he moves through the club where he is to kill Barwell?

5. Why did Stef's father and brother drive up from Pennsylvania?

Short Essay Questions

1. When had Parker been to the club before and why?

2. How does Sarah feel about the success of her book?

3. Why did Parker join the retribution squad and how does he feel about their methods now?

4. How does Sarah act when she and Stef go to lunch together for the first time?

5. What happens before the police can approach the target house?

6. How does Sarah feel when she puts her son on the airplane to visit his father?

7. How does Bear feel about Central Park?

8. What does Stef learn when he goes to view the Allure video tapes?

9. What information does Bear learn about the man who shoots him?

10. Why doesn't Isiah have any trouble catching the drug dealer and how do the citizens react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the true purpose of the Midnight Club? Do you think organizations like that exist in society today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, there was a great deal of harassment. Do you think this technique was used effectively? Why or why not? What alternate strategies would you suggest?

Essay Topic 3

What parallel relationships can be found throughout the novel? Provide specific examples. In what way do these relationships change throughout the novel? Do they change for the positive or negative? Why?

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