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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 written on the red vinyl key case that Jack finds at the Clayton House?

2. What does Jack want in return for helping Alicia on the Thursday she is abducted?

3. What is JAL 27?

4. How does Jack get Sam Baker's men to let him into the Clayton House?

5. What does Jack do at the end of the day, once he drops Alicia off at the Victorian House to spend the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jack's house hunt.

2. How does Jack retrieve Alicia after her abduction?

3. Why does Thomas want the Clayton House?

4. Why does Jack maintain the country house?

5. Describe Jack's country house.

6. How do Jack and Yoshio feel about each other?

7. Is Kemel an honorable man?

8. Explain if Alicia appears ready to move on with her life by the end of the novel.

9. How does Jack react to learning that Alicia hired an arsonist?

10. How does Alicia react upon revisiting the Clayton House for the first time in years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Legacies occurs over a two-week span that ends on Christmas Eve in an AIDS center.

1) How do the day of the week chapter headings impact the reader's experience and expectations?

2) How are the variety of houses and settings used to create different feelings at different points in the book?

3) How does the holiday time frame of the novel affect the story line?

Essay Topic 2

Alicia decides to destroy her father's discovery, despite the potential good it could bring to the world. Is her decision right or wrong? Is it selfish? Is it justified? Does it make her a worse person, or a stronger person, or both?

Essay Topic 3

Should Jack quit his work as a mercenary of justice? Support your answer with examples from the story.

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