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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 Lindsay tell the girls in chapter fifteen when they ask if the murders are hate crimes?

2. What does Aaron Winslow say when Cindy tells him she is a reporter?

3. What does someone yell as Lindsay gets close to the crime scene in chapter two?

4. What does Mercer say he believes to be the motivation for the shooting that occurred?

5. What does Lindsay find at Estelle Chipman's crime scene in chapter thirteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lindsay learn when she goes to look at the case file for Estelle Chipman?

3. Describe the conversation that Claire and Lindsay have in chapter twenty-three.

4. What is the killer doing in chapter twenty-five?

5. 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?

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. What does Lindsay find at the building where Estelle Chipman was murdered?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe Lindsay's character in the story.

2) In what ways is Lindsay a typical cop? In what ways is she atypical?

3) Would you describe Lindsay as a flawed character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

1) Why did the killer choose to go after Claire before going after Lindsay or Cindy?

2) Why did the killer ask Claire if she had anything in common with the other victims?

3) Do you believe it was Frank or Rusty making the decisions as to who would be the next victims? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

1) What is the importance of Hope Street that is first seen in the story?

2) Why is this place not visited again in the story?

3) Speculate on what it is that Lindsay got from being at Hope Street.

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