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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 kind of tea does Jack request from Miles?
2. What brand of bag does Hel carry?
3. On which of the following does Jack think she has stabbed herself?
4. Which of the following is the name of one of Gabe’s parents?
5. What brand of shoe does Jack wear at Arden Alliance?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Sharpie trick Jack uses to get out of the police station?
2. Why does Jack note not using satellite navigation to drive home?
3. For what reason does Jack discard the idea that Jeff killed Gabe?
4. Why does Jack note she and Gabe had not had insurance on their home?
5. Why does Jack note relief at Cole’s delay in taking her call to report Gabe’s death?
6. What is the purpose of the USB drives Jack drops at Arden Alliance?
7. What is Jack’s price for letting Gabe list a kitchen knife on their wedding registry?
8. Why does Jack assert that lights are of mixed significance in her work?
9. How does Jack give away her position to police in her house?
10. What killed Jack’s parents?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How reliable is the narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Sources attest to the presence of Zero Days on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
The character concept of the Mary Sue—an idealized female character, nearly always the protagonist, possessing many skills and few if any significant character flaws—originates in fan fiction, but it can be found in no few mainstream works (as can the male counterpart Marty Stu or Gary Stu). To what extent does Jack fall under the rubric of a Mary Sue? What in the text shows as much, and how does it do so?
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