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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 drives Malcolm home at the end of Chapter Seven?

2. What does Ellery discover upon getting off the plane at the beginning of the novel?

3. To where do Malcolm and Mia follow Daisy in Chapter Eleven?

4. What is the purpose of the assembly the students attend in Chapter 9?

5. What is the last name of Malcolm's best friend, Mia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sarah, and what does the reader learn about her in Chapter Two?

2. Who is Ryan Rodriguez? What does he do upon meeting the twins in Chapter Two? What does Ellery think about him?

3. What do Ellery and Nana discuss regarding Ellery's future in Chapter Eight?

4. Whom does Ellery meet upon going to Fright Fest for the first time? What happens there?

5. What information does Ellery learn about Sarah in Chapter Eight?

6. Who are Mia and Daisy? What does the reader learn about them in Chapter Five?

7. What information do the twins get from the yearbooks in Chapter Ten?

8. Who is Viv? What does the reader learn about her in Chapters Five and Six?

9. What act of vandalism occurs in Chapter Three? Where does it occur, and who discovers it?

10. According to Sadie in Chapter Four, which Echo Ridge residents did she date while in high school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did Ellery and her efforts cause more harm than good? Discuss the impact of Ellery’s “investigation” on the official investigation and the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Malcolm and Declan. How are they similar, and how are they different? How is each wrongly treated by the people of Echo Ridge, and what are the effects of this treatment?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Declan and Peter. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.

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