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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. Why does Dr. Fox reprimand Graciela?

2. What did the FBI find on Terry's boat?

3. Where do Graciela and Terry decide to go after visiting Clint Neff?

4. After Jaye's news, how does Terry begin to feel?

5. After Terry and Jaye arrive at Noone's address, who is the next to show up?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Terry and Buddy return to the boat, who is waiting for them and what does this person inform Terry of?

2. At the end of Chapter 27, what startles Terry when he and Graciela are on the house boat together?

3. If anything happens to Terry, what does he want Graciela to do?

4. How does Terry figure out who the killer is?

5. What makes Terry feel violated as he processes all of the information concerning the Code Killer?

6. After researching Kenyon's file, Terry decides to call Jaye with what information?

7. When Terry gets an apology from Arrango, how does he feel?

8. What do Steve Kang and Terry come to the same conclusion about?

9. How do the two hack into the Blood Center's database to check and see if the victims were also donors?

10. As Terry waits for more information on the case and a phone call from Jaye, how does he begin to feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Because so many people were killed by the Code Killer, grief and coping with loss are two central themes of the novel. Describe how two of the below characters is able to cope with their pain. Next, compare their ways of coping to one another.

- Graciela

- Raymond

- Steve Kang

- Amelia Cordell

Essay Topic 2

1. What are the typical characteristics of a protagonist in a mystery novel?

2. How does or doesn't Terry live up to the criteria you have developed?

3. In using a character like Terry, has Connelly created any new characteristics of the murder mystery hero?

Essay Topic 3

When Terry discovers that Gloria, Cordell, and Kenyon were are killed to give him a heart donor, he feels extreme guilt.

Examine Terry's reaction to this guilt and discuss how he chooses to make amends for "taking lives," when it was not actually his fault they were killed.

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