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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 Gerald Brandt?

2. Who does the driver of the limo claimed hired him?

3. How do Claire and Lindsay greet each other when they first meet in the novel?

4. What paper does Cindy Thomas work for?

5. What does Lindsay promise to Melanie Brandt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reader supposed to assume about the strange man watching Becky Passeneu at Saks?

2. What kind of couple are David and Melanie Brandt?

3. How does Claire respond to Lindsay's news about her illness?

4. What two aspects of the Brandt crime scene does Lindsay notice that later become important for the case?

5. What happens to Lindsay when she goes back to the Brandts hotel room for the second time?

6. What in particular disturbs Lindsay about the Brandt murder scene?

7. What is Lindsay Boxer doing in the Prologue?

8. What does Claire tell Lindsay and Raleigh about the knife used in the Brandt murders?

9. Why does Lindsay insist to Raleigh, while they are in Cleveland, that the killer had to have known Kathy?

10. What makes people realized that the DeGeorges are missing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze at least four different ways the story of "1st to Die" would change if the setting were in a rural, Midwestern town instead of San Francisco.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two characters of your choosing from the Women's Murder Club, making sure to use direct evidence and examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the Brandt murder scene 1) sets the tone for the rest of the novel and 2) introduces at least three key facts about Lindsay that are important throughout the rest of the text. Make sure to use direct quotations and evidence from the text to support your thesis.

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