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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. What is the name of the officer who lives down the street from Ellery's new home?

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

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

4. What news does Ryan Rodriguez tell Ellery at the end of Chapter Fifteen?

5. What does Ellery have in Chapter Seven?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the third act of vandalism, as revealed in Chapter Nine? When does it occur?

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

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

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

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

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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