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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 is Mark doing when Erin gets to his house in Mark 2?

2. Where does Robbie work?

3. What does Mark take from Helen's desk?

4. What does Jules do at the end of Jules 18?

5. What did Anne Ward do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mark lie about in Mark 2?

2. What is Erin's theory about Nel's death in Erin 6?

3. What does Jules find in the back of a folder of Nel's items in Jules 12?

4. How is Jeannie Sage connected, according to Nickie in Jules 20?

5. What does Nickie tell Jules in Jules 20?

6. How does Helen say she has changed in the last year in Helen 2?

7. What is the "game" that Katie and Lena play in Lena 6?

8. What does Louise do to Nel three days after Katie dies?

9. What does Lena attempt in Lena 8, and how does it end?

10. What do Lena and Josh discuss in Lena 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the theme of bearing witness in the novel. How do the characters bear witness to one another and how does this move the plot forward and develop the characters?

Essay Topic 2

How does Hakwins use the literary technique of foreshadowing to develop the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of law enforcement in the novel.

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