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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 Myron drive to in Chapter 7?

2. Who does Myron report to at the beginning of the first chapter?

3. Where does Brenda say her mother ran away to?

4. Who does Brenda say handles her current scholarship?

5. What does Brenda say her father emptied before he left?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Myron confuse the Bradfords as he leaves their estate?

2. What has Esperanza found out about Elizabeth's death?

3. What does Whittaker tell Myron about Elizabeth?

4. What example does Brenda give of how protective her father could be?

5. What does Win tell Myron about F.J. on the way to Brenda's practice?

6. How does the author describe Deborah Whittaker?

7. What does Mabel tell Myron about her son Terrance?

8. What new information does Zuckerman give Myron in Chapter 8?

9. Why does Mabel think the two men after her brother are dangerous?

10. What do the Bradfords tell Myron in the library?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the characters in the book and discuss how he or she would cope in two of the following scenarios:

1. Brenda murdered her father.

2. Myron kills one of the Bradfords.

3. Anita is found alive.

Essay Topic 3

How does Wickner's death guilt affect his life? Why does he decide suicide is his only option? What would have happened to him if he had exposed the Bradford family earlier?

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