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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 the twins to Fright Farm in Chapter Twelve?

2. What does Ellery have in Chapter Seven?

3. What does Malcolm experience in Chapter Sixteen?

4. Which student runs the school newspaper, as discussed in Chapter Six?

5. What song does the band play in Chapter Thirteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the second act of vandalism? Where does it occur? Who discovers it?

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

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

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

How would you classify the novel? Is it a young adult novel, a coming-of-age story, a thriller, or a mystery? Argue for one genre over the others using the novel’s characters, plot, and themes to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

At what point in the story does it become clear that Ellery is truly in danger? Answer, providing 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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