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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. Who does Myron discover Davis Taylor is?

2. What does Stan assume about Melina Garston's death?

3. What is Myron floored to discover?

4. What connection did Raymond Lex and Stan Gibbs' father have with each other?

5. What kind deed did Davis Taylor perform?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stan wish to bring the Lex's down?

2. What information does Myron gather from his meeting with Peggy Joyce?

3. As Myron meets with Stan Gibbs again in Chapter Twenty-Six, what does he reveal to Myron?

4. In Chapter Forty, what does Myron finally figure out about Stan?

5. Besides the Downings and Myron, who else is searching for Jeremy's donor?

6. When Stan is finally retested to be the bone marrow donor, what is discovered?

7. What don't Myron and the FBI understand about Stan Gibbs?

8. Where does Stan agree to take Myron once he admits his father is the Sow the Seeds Killer?

9. What do Myron and Emily consider once they speak with Dr. Singh and realize that they cannot harvest bone marrow from Edwin?

10. When Myron finally has a chance to speak with Jeremy at basketball practice, what does Jeremy reveal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Darkest Fear, is not only the title of the book, but also a theme of the novel. Several characters must come to terms with deep secrets that have haunted them for many years.

1. What does a person's darkest fear represent to other people?

2. Why don't more characters reveal their darkest fears in the story?

Essay Topic 2

1. Was Melina Garston the missing puzzle piece for Myron's case? How did her death push Myron to discover Jeremy's real donor?

2. Had Melina never existed, would Myron have discovered Jeremy's real donor?

Essay Topic 3

1. Give three examples of characters that face death in the book. Describe what happens to the character.

2. How does overcoming death change a person? How does it change each character?

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