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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. Where does John Mail grab Andi and her daughters?

2. What color is the van that Mail uses to grab his victims?

3. What do Grace and Andi worry about and test?

4. Where does Lucas believe Andi is being held?

5. What caused Mail to go over the edge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lucas gets a phone call from the kidnapper?

2. What do Lucas and the chief find when they arrive at Andi's father's home?

3. What does Mail tell Andi about Lucas and his anonymous friend?

4. What does Lucas learn when he talks to the owner of the gaming store?

5. What is Wolfe's continued attitude about the kidnapping?

6. What does the family notice about Andi in her message and what does Lucas learn from her message?

7. What does John Mail pretend to do and actually do as he watches Andi's house?

8. What happens when Andi and her two daughters talk about how to get back to the car and how does Andi respond?

9. How does Lucas hear the message from Andi?

10. What does the anonymous person tell Mail about the police?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What part does the anonymous party who helps Mail play in the novel? Do you think this person should have been revealed sooner? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In reflection, which events were foreshadowed in the novel? Evaluate the author's ability to foreshadow. Support your evaluation using at least three details from the text.

Essay Topic 3

How is the idea of games and gaming used in multiple ways throughout this novel? Do you think this was intentional on the part of the author? Why or why not?

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