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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Andy go to retrieve from an upstairs bedroom in Ben's family's house?
(a) Ben's journal.
(b) His coat.
(c) Ben's hairbrush.
(d) His briefcase.

2. In what month of 2007 does Ben's murder take place?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) April.
(d) January.

3. At what time in their lives had Laurie and Andy met?
(a) In college.
(b) In their thirties.
(c) Just after college.
(d) In high school.

4. What had been the nature of the relationship between Neal and Andy before Ben Rifkin's murder?
(a) Andy had been Neal's mentor.
(b) Neal had been Andy's brother-in-law.
(c) Neal and Andy had been rivals for the same position.
(d) Neal had been Andy's mentor.

5. To what location had Ben been walking when he was murdered?
(a) The public library.
(b) School.
(c) His girlfriend's house.
(d) The synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dan tells Andy that it does not matter what happens to him now that Ben is dead, what is NOT an example he provides?

2. Jonathan tells which person that he or she is the ultimate decision-maker when it comes to the murder case?

3. Where does Jacob claim to have gotten the military knife?

4. For what object does Laurie ask during the meeting with Jacob's lawyer Jonathan?

5. Whom does Andy find in the upstairs bedroom of Ben's family's home when he goes to retrieve an object?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major realization about life does Andy describe arriving at as a result of meeting Laurie in college?

2. What qualities of Andy's character are revealed in the moment when Jacob learns about his grandfather's and great-grandfather's violent histories?

3. How is the theme of deception depicted within Andy's conversation with Sarah in Chapter 5?

4. In relation to Ben's murder, when does Andy testify in front of the grand jury?

5. What is posted on Facebook about a knife of Jacob's and by whom is it posted?

6. Discuss one statement that Andy makes under oath and then names as a deception to the reader.

7. What is Jacob's explanation for the most damning clue in the murder case?

8. What connection does Andy draw among "children, drunks, and schizophrenics" (129)?

9. How is the email address of the mysterious link-sender used to demonstrate the major theme within the text?

10. How does William Landay use the changed relationship between Andy and Duffy to indicate Andy's profound sense of isolation following Jacob's indictment for murder?

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