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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 is missing from dinner in Chapter Twenty-one?

2. What does Lo find interesting about the picture of Chloe on Lars's phone?

3. What is the name of the woman Cole is texting when he drops his phone?

4. What does Lo say she looks like at the beginning of Part Four?

5. What does Tina threaten Lo to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Anne said to be an enigma?

2. What was Lars's reaction to Lo's account of the murder?

3. When Lo wakes up in Chapter Twenty-eight what can she not hear?

4. Why at first does Lo refuse to eat the food from her captors?

5. What does Lo remember about the first night she saw the real Anne?

6. Why is Anne in a different treatment area than the other women?

7. How does Lo go about investigating the wet shoe print?

8. Who writes the email to Lo's friends and family on Tuesday, September 29?

9. What does Lo remember about the woman in cabin 10 when she speaks to Nilsson?

10. What theories does Lo come up with regarding the woman's presence in cabin 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the first chapter, Lo's reactions to stress are shown in italics. Why do you think the author chose to write in this style? How do the italics guide the reader through Lo's fears?

Essay Topic 2

There are no floor plans for the Aurora Borealis. How does the lack of a map hinder Lo? In what ways does it make the ship more of a maze? How does the ship layout affect the story's climax?

Essay Topic 3

Lo will be cruising on a maiden voyage. Historically, maiden voyages are superstitious. Hypothesize why the author would choose for the ship to be on it's first time out to sea and what this point could be foreshadowing.

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