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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. How was Lacey murdered, as Ellery explains in Chapter Six?

2. Whom does Ellery beat at the carnival game in Chapter Four?

3. At which carnival game does Ellery excel, as demonstrated in Chapter Four?

4. On the way home from the airport, what begins to fall?

5. What is being held at Fright Farm at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the vandal disrupt the pep rally in Chapter Thirteen?

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

6. What does the reader learn about the protagonist, Ellery Corcoran, in Chapter One?

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

8. What tragic discovery do the twins, along with Nana and Melanie, make in Chapter One?

9. What news does Ryan Rodriguez deliver in Chapter Fifteen? How does Ellery respond?

10. Who was Sadie's date to homecoming? How did she feel about him, as she explains in Chapter Twelve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

A red herring is a clue that is intended to mislead the reader. Choose three of the novel’s “red herrings” and discuss how they mislead both the protagonist and the reader.

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