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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. Vandalism targeting Ellery is spray painted on which building?

2. What bothers Ellery about her mother at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

3. Where does Malcolm meet his brother in Chapter Seven?

4. Which person suddenly appears near the site of the second act of vandalism in Chapter Five?

5. What was the name of the theme park where the murder occurred five years before the opening of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lacey Kilduff? Who is Declan Kelly? What does the reader learn about them in the first two chapters of the novel?

2. What does the reader learn about Sadie, the twins' mother, in Chapter One?

3. What does the reader learn about Declan in Chapter Seven?

4. What question does Viv ask Malcolm in Chapter Fourteen? How does he respond?

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

6. Why are the twins headed to Fright Farm in Chapter Twelve? Who drives them there? Why?

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

8. What is Brooke doing when Ellery and Malcolm discover her in Chapter Fourteen?

9. What does the reader learn about the setting, the town of Echo Ridge, in Chapter One?

10. Who is nominated for the homecoming court, as revealed in Chapter Nine? What is the reaction to this news?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Appearances in the story can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this story? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.

Essay Topic 2

Ellery experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Who was behind the murders in Echo Ridge? Who was behind the vandalism? What were the motives for these crimes? How do these crimes (and their perpetrators) say about the idea of crime and punishment?

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