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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 does Claire say about Teitleman?

2. What is Lindsay thinking she needs to go home and do in chapter twenty-four?

3. Why does Lindsay have the urge to touch Tasha's face when she is in the morgue looking at the body in chapter eleven?

4. What does Jacobi find in the woods behind the church?

5. What does the killer say everyone will know his name is by the next day in chapter twenty-five?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Cindy and Lindsay discuss when they meet for drinks in chapter seven?

2. What happens in chapter sixteen when Jill tells her exciting news?

3. What happens when Lindsay is told they found the van?

4. What file does Lindsay take note of in chapter twenty-four while going through the files that have been given her in relation to the hate crimes?

5. What is Lindsay's initial assessment of the crime scene in chapter two?

6. What does Lindsay discover when she goes to the morgue to talk to Claire in chapter eleven?

7. Describe the scene at the arcade in chapter eight.

8. Describe the scene in chapter fifteen when Lindsay meets the girls at the bar.

9. Describe the conversation that Cindy and Aaron Winslow have in chapter twenty-two.

10. Describe the scene in the prologue when the shooting starts.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare Frank Coombs to Rusty Coombs.

2) Speculate on the relationship that Frank and Rusty had. How is it possible that Rusty's mother didn't realize the truth of her son?

3) In regards to Rusty Coombs do you think it is more a question of nature or nurture that could be viewed as the basis for his views and actions? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Pick one of the following to write about.

1) Do you think the story would qualify more as a thriller or as a drama? Why?

2) In chapter sixty-six Chimera is talking to the old man at the bar and Chimera tells him that the killer probably has green eyes. Do you think this was Rusty or Frank at the bar and why?

3) What do you think is the main theme of the story? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

1) Did 2nd Chance have a limited or omniscient point of view? Explain.

2) Do you feel that limited or omniscient point of view is better for a work of fiction such as 2nd Chance? Explain.

3) Could this story have been written in the other point of view? Why or why not?

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