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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. How are Abe and his children managing after his wife's death?

2. What does Mark do to try to arouse sympathy from the jury?

3. What does Samantha try to tell Wes about Mark?

4. What did Mark do to Wes?

5. What sets off the metal detectors at the courthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mark's madness evidenced in the scene in Christina's hospital room?

2. What is the impact of Michael Ross' testimony against Mark?

3. What does Christina tell her mother when she calls her from the hospital?

4. How does Wes try to implicate Glitsky in planting the vial of blood?

5. What makes the judge believe that Mark is working for a mistrial?

6. How does Wes' behavior with Mark show an almost naive bond of friendship?

7. How does Wes show reasonable doubt about the missing vial of blood by questioning Mark's doctor?

8. What does Glitsky think could have been Diane's ulterior motive for killing Mark?

9. What does Wes notice when he returns to the room being used for the defense?

10. How does Wes show that he does not believe Mark is innocent by the end of the trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Lescroart's use of humor in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of humor and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 3

Lescroart uses more than one instance of irony in the novel. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the story and note why they are examples of irony.

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