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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 does the murderer intend for Ellery and Malcolm to die in Chapter Thirty-Five?

2. What does Officer Rodriguez want Malcolm to do in Chapter Thirty-Two?

3. In the wake of Brooke's disappearance, what has been canceled in Chapter Twenty?

4. Who is Viv's date to the homecoming dance?

5. As Ellery discovers in Chapter Twenty-Five, the invoice is for work done on whose vehicle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nana tell Ellery about the broken figurine in Chapter Nineteen? What does Ellery think about the figurine?

2. What information does Ellery learn about Brooke from the news report in Chapter Thirty-Two?

3. What object was kept by her killer as a trophy, as revealed in Chapter Thirty-Seven? Who discovered the trophy?

4. How does Ellery gain access to the office in Chapter Twenty-Five? What does she do there?

5. Who saves Ellery and Malcolm, as revealed in Chapter Thirty-Six? What tipped this person off?

6. According to Officer Rodriguez in Chapter Thirty, who inspired him to become a police officer?

7. Who was the vandal, as revealed in Chapter Thirty-Six? What was the vandal's motive?

8. What does Ellery discover in Chapter Twenty-Eight? What leads her to this discovery?

9. What do Ellery and Malcolm observe Katrin doing at the homecoming dance in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

10. What new evidence does Daisy introduce in Chapter Twenty-Four? Where is it now?

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

Discuss Sadie’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is she a good mother? In what ways is she a bad one? What does the novel say about the importance of motherhood?

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