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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 word or phrase do Win and Myron use instead of hello when answering their phones?
2. What is Clip Arnstein's response when Myron tells him someone cleaned up the blood in Greg's basement?
3. Who do Win and Myron follow at Columbia University in Chapter Thirty Four?
4. Who does the B Man have Esperanza call on speakerphone and have come down to Myron's office?
5. Why does Cole Whitman say that Greg Downing could not have killed Carla?
Short Essay Questions
1. What shocking secret is revealed on the tape Cole Whiteman sends Myron?
2. What does Myron find out about Fiona White's involvement with Greg Downing?
3. Explain how Win determines Clip Arnstein is lying about knowing Sally or Carla.
4. When Myron tells Win that Jessica has asked him to move in with her, why doesn't Win respond immediately?
5. Explain how Esperanza handles Jason Blair's contract negotiations with the Red Sox and what her handling of the situation demonstrates about her character.
6. Why does Win go to Arizona at the end of the novel?
7. What does Clip's statement in Chapter Twenty Four about Greg Downing having learned his lesson about violence years before foreshadow?
8. Describe Myron's relationship with his parents.
9. How does Myron think Leon White's wife, Fiona, might be involved with Greg Downing?
10. What facts in Chapter Twenty Two make Esperanza think Clip Arnstein knows more about Greg Downing's disappearance and Liz Gorman's murder than he has revealed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fade Away takes place in present day New Jersey in the cultural milieu of professional basketball. Discuss how the geographical, chronological, and cultural settings affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Harlan Coben had set the novel in in a different chronological or cultural setting. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
What are the major themes of this novel? Discuss at least three. Tell what you think the author is trying to say about each theme and how he depicts it. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Myron Bolitar's re-entry into professional basketball as a player. What does Clip Arnstein hope Myron's playing again will accomplish? What does Myron hope his playing again will accomplish? What does Jessica hope Myron's playing again will accomplish? What do Win, and Esperanza fear Myron's playing again will accomplish? How good of a player does Myron think he is and how good of a player is he in reality? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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