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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of "After and Before," what is Pip struggling to understand?
(a) How she could have told so many lies during her investigation.
(b) How Elliot Ward could have fooled her.
(c) How to reduce the background noise on an audio file.
(d) Why she was ever interested in being a detective.

2. Who is Elliot Ward?
(a) A murder victim.
(b) Pip's best friend's father.
(c) A drug dealer.
(d) Pip's father.

3. In "Case Notes 3," who are the nine people that Pip lists as people she needs to speak to on Monday?
(a) Friends of Sal's and Nat's who were at the memorial.
(b) Jamie's former employers and co-workers.
(c) Jamie's friends from his freshman year of college.
(d) Students who were at the calamity party.

4. What does Pip point out to Ravi about Jamie's behavior on Friday night?
(a) It was out of character.
(b) It might have made someone angry.
(c) It embarrassed his father.
(d) It was motivated by curiosity.

5. What does the exposition in Chapter Seventeen reveal about Pip's personality?
(a) When she was younger, she wanted to work in a book store.
(b) As a child, she did not really enjoy reading.
(c) Her wild imagination has not changed much over the years.
(d) She has always been interested in crime.

6. Where is Detective Hawkins headed after he talks to Pip?
(a) To testify at Becca Bell's trial.
(b) To investigate a suspicious death.
(c) To investigate the abduction of a child.
(d) To testify in Max Hastings' trial.

7. What is the name of the detention officer that Pip speaks to first at the police station?
(a) Claire.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Emma.
(d) Mary.

8. Why does Leanne not want to tell Pip what she knows about Jamie?
(a) She is worried that it will hurt Joanna.
(b) She thinks the information will put Pip in danger.
(c) She thinks it will affect Pip and Connor's friendship.
(d) She is worried that the information might not be accurate.

9. Who was originally accused of killing Andie Bell?
(a) Stanley Forbes.
(b) Natalie da Silva.
(c) Sal Singh.
(d) Becca Bell.

10. What does Joanna think is the source of her husband's anger with Jamie?
(a) Jamie is having trouble settling down into adult life.
(b) Jamie is not Arthur's biological child.
(c) Jamie is consistently disrespectful toward his father.
(d) Jamie has embarrassed the family with his brushes with the law.

11. Why does Natalie react negatively to Pip's statement that the police are not helping the Reynolds family?
(a) She has a criminal record.
(b) She believes that Jamie is missing voluntarily.
(c) She remembers the police inaction when Max assaulted her.
(d) Her brother is a police officer.

12. In Chapter Two, what does Cara say shows that Pip has "made it" (25)?
(a) Pip being mentioned on a late-night comedy show.
(b) Companies asking Pip to endorse products on her Instagram.
(c) A photo of Pip being used as an online meme.
(d) Companies vying to sponsor Pip's podcast.

13. In Pip's podcast update about the Max Hastings trial, what belief does Pip express about Connecticut's laws?
(a) The criminal penalty for kidnapping is too harsh.
(b) The definition of kidnapping is too broad.
(c) The criminal penalty for sexual assault crimes should be higher.
(d) The statute of limitations on sexual assault crimes should be longer.

14. In what way is Pip rude to the classmate she calls to find out about the time stamp of the video of Jamie at the calamity party?
(a) She hangs up while he is still talking.
(b) She forgets to thank him for helping her.
(c) She interrupts him several times.
(d) She calls him by the wrong name.

15. Where does Harry Scythe say he saw Jamie on Friday night?
(a) The Fairview Mail office.
(b) The Fairview police station.
(c) Weevil Road.
(d) Old Farm Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pip wakes up from her unintentional nap in Chapter Four, who has called her twice?

2. How does Pip discover that Stella Chapman is the girl that Jamie followed to the party?

3. In Chapter One, why can Pip not attend most of Max Hastings's trial?

4. What image is shown on page 131, at the end of Chapter Thirteen?

5. About what time do the bookstore employees claim to have seen Jamie?

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