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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 Mabel say Brenda was the night Anita left Horace?

2. Where did Chance and Sam find Anita's dead body?

3. What does Win do to Clay's face?

4. What part of New York City do Myron and Win rush to?

5. What is Bradford doing when Myron meets him in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new information does Win give Myron on the way to meeting Clay Jackson?

2. What secret has Bradford been keeping all these years?

3. How does Myron think Horace died?

4. Why doesn't Al like the Bradfords?

5. Why does Mabel say she killed Anita, Horace and Brenda?

6. How does Mabel say she lured Brenda away to kill her?

7. What does Arthur say is the truth about Elizabeth's death?

8. Why does the picnic prove a welcome distraction for Brenda and Myron?

9. Why does Myron turn down Brenda?

10. What does Brenda tell Myron about the last time she saw her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1990s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 3

Compare Myron's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Myron hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Myron's ideas about life?

3. How has Myron's character changed by the end of the book?

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