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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 was the name of the guy that Donna left Cal for?

2. What color door does Trey say is on Donie McGrath's house?

3. What is Trey's real name?

4. Where does Cal say that Brendan might have gone in Chapter 16?

5. What is the name of the kid who was one of the reasons that drove Cal to retire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Mart introduce Cal to in Chapter 11?

2. Why are Lena's pups inside when Cal visits in Chapter 13?

3. What do Cal and Trey find in Brendan's hideout?

4. What does Cal do after Mart drops him off in Chapter 11, and why does he go inside?

5. What is Mart's house like?

6. What does Donie's house look like?

7. What does Mart say about Trey in Chapter 15?

8. What does Cal have in his bedroom?

9. In Chapter 12, why does Cal think he was warned the night before?

10. What is the shop like where Caroline works?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 characters?

Essay Topic 2

Brendan has a hideout. What does Cal discover when he inspects Brendan’s hideout? Why do his discoveries make him reluctant to want to continue his search for Brendan?

Essay Topic 3

After Trey is beaten, Cal remembers when Alyssa was mugged and beaten. Why does Cal remember when Alyssa was mugged and beaten after Trey is hurt? What did Alyssa’s attack have to do with Cal’s divorce?

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