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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 is the culprit behind the murders of young women in Echo Ridge?
2. The broken figurine in Chapter Nineteen is an example of what literary device?
3. According to Daisy in Chapter Twenty-Four, why did she leave Boston?
4. As Ellery discovers in Chapter Twenty-Five, the date on the invoice corresponds to which event?
5. It is thanks to whose efforts that Ellery and Malcolm are allowed entrance to the homecoming dance in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is important about the invoice discovered in Chapter Twenty-Six?
2. What does Malcolm learn about Viv's plans for the anniversary article in Chapter Twenty-Three?
3. What does Sadie tell Ellery about the night Sarah disappeared in Chapter Twenty-Two?
4. What information does Ellery learn about Brooke from the news report in Chapter Thirty-Two?
5. What shocks Ellery about the article published in Chapter Twenty-One?
6. What information does Ellery get from Vance in Chapter Twenty-Two? How does she get him to give her this information?
7. What does Ellery discover in Chapter Twenty-Eight? What leads her to this discovery?
8. Where does Ellery walk in Chapter Thirty? Whom does she encounter there?
9. Who was the vandal, as revealed in Chapter Thirty-Six? What was the vandal's motive?
10. What does Nana tell Ellery about the broken figurine in Chapter Nineteen? What does Ellery think about the figurine?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Ellery finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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