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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. Who is at Spencer's funeral?

2. Who does Spencer believe gave Eugenics a bad name?

3. What happens to Rod in the car accident?

4. When Eli meets Ethan, what does he think of him?

5. At the end of chapter 9, who is Az revealed to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Az mean when he tells Meredith that he will share and be at the Pike property when she is there?

2. Why is Shelby bothered by words like kill or die?

3. What are Cissy's father's views of Genocide?

4. What is the significance of Spencer locking Cissy in her room? What does that mean?

5. What is significance of Canadian toddler who fell asleep in snow?

6. What does Ethan tell Lucy about their conditions?

7. How is Az's confession a true confession?

8. Why does Eli want to hire Ross?

9. What is Spencer's story about the night of Cissy's death?

10. Why does Ruby throw the card game with Ross?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the mystery finally solved? Would the ghost returning to tell the story have been enough? Why?

Essay Topic 2

What do you think is Ethan and Lucy's lesson? How do you think they will live from this point forward?

Essay Topic 3

Spencer says in the novel that some women are meant to change the world and others are meant to hold it together. What does he mean by this? What does this say about his views toward women?

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