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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 is called in that gets Davidson and his partner to the building in chapter thirty-one?

2. What does Richard Evans NOT have on him when Jacobi brought him in?

3. What does the killer do in his 911 call to the police that gets Davidson to the building?

4. What does the killer tell Mercer in chapter forty-three before shooting him?

5. What does Lindsay's father say is the connection that Coombs had with Mercer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the memorial service that is held for Tasha Catchings.

2. What happens in chapter fifty when Lindsay has left the bar?

3. What changes occur after the death of Mercer?

4. After thinking about what Weiscz told Lindsay what does she do?

5. Describe the murder of Mercer.

6. What do Mercer and Lindsay discuss in chapter forty-two?

7. What does Cindy find on Chimera in chapter fifty-six?

8. What happens when Cindy's date arrives in chapter forty-nine?

9. Describe the meeting that Lindsay and the FBI have in chapter fifty-four.

10. How does officer Davidson die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Do you think that the story could have been told from another character's point of view rather than Lindsay? If so which one and why?

2) If you were going to write a follow up story to 2nd Chance which character would be the main focus?

3) What effect did it have that the author put Lindsay's point of view in first person but used third person with the other characters? Could first or third have been used for all the characters? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

1) Speculate on why the white supremacy group in the story chose the Chimera as its symbol.

2) What was significant about the name that was underlined in the mythology book?

3) If you had to pick a different symbol for the group what would you pick and why?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to write about.

1) If you had to choose one of the jobs of the four women belonging to the murder club, which one would you choose and why? Lawyer, ME, Police officer, or Newspaper reporter.

2) Speculate on the reasons that Weiscz was willing to tell Lindsay anything when she went to talk to him in the prison system.

3) Could there have been something different put on the window of the church? If so what?

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