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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. With whom does Myron arrange a meeting at the end of Chapter 30?
2. What is odd about Stan's willingness to meet with Myron?
3. In Chapter 25, what does Susan Lex call Stan Gibbs?
4. Why didn't Stan turn his father in to the police?
5. In Chapter 35, where do Greg, Stan, and Myron travel?
Short Essay Questions
1. After breakfast, what news does Esperanza bring to Myron concerning the Lex's?
2. Why does Emma, Myron's mother, wish for Myron to visit home and speak with Al?
3. How does Myron act after Greg is hit by a bullet?
4. Besides the Downings and Myron, who else is searching for Jeremy's donor?
5. What don't Myron and the FBI understand about Stan Gibbs?
6. Where does Myron's group go after they are done interrogating Chase?
7. Where does Stan agree to take Myron once he admits his father is the Sow the Seeds Killer?
8. When Stan is finally retested to be the bone marrow donor, what is discovered?
9. As Myron meets with Stan Gibbs again in Chapter Twenty-Six, what does he reveal to Myron?
10. Why is Myron upset and angry after meeting George Garston?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1. Explain why the pace of a mystery novel is essential to the story.
2. Analyze how Coben chooses to reveal important details.
3. How does this establish the plot and keep the reader constantly surprised.
Essay Topic 2
Another central theme of the novel is that of revenge. Several characters seek to settle past conflicts. Explain how Stan Gibbs seeks to settle the score between himself and the Lex family? In detail, dissect the events leading up to Stan leading the FBI to his father. How does he establish his revenge against the Lex's throughout the book.
Essay Topic 3
1. Continuing with the theme of revenge, do Myron and Greg wish to settle their past conflicts?
2. How are the two men forced to patch up their differences to work towards the same goal?
3. How does this make for an interesting novel?
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