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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. How did Del fare at the competition the year before?
2. What does Lily learn about herself in regard to the Winthrops as she leaves their house after meeting the strange man with Howell?
3. At the beginning of the book, how long is it before the competition?
4. What does the spotter do with the weight bar?
5. What does the reader learn about Lily's past while she talks to Marshall about murder in Chapter One?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do Claude and Lily go after her karate class, and what does Claude tell Lily?
2. Who is Lily's new client? What is her occupation? What does Lily think of her on their first meeting?
3. As the novel opens, what is Del doing and where is he?
4. How and by whom is Del's body discovered?
5. What transpires between Jerrell and Deedra in Chapter Two, and how does Lily feel about it?
6. What questions does Howell ask Lily before he leaves his house, and how do the questions make Lily feel?
7. Who is Darcy Orchard and how does he treat Lily?
8. What has Howell and company brought home that Lily sees him bring into the house? What does he leave behind that annoys Lily? What might these two things mean?
9. Why are the three murders that have taken place recently in Shakespeare suspicious to Lily?
10. What is the relationship between Claude and Lily?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Now that the turmoil is over, argue how Shakespeare would be a good place for people to reside.
Essay Topic 2
How are the characteristics of Claude and Carrie contradictory to the effect that they have on the incidents that occur in Shakespeare?
Essay Topic 3
Jerrell Knopp is yelling at Deedra when the reader first meets him. Though he is not a character that Lily likes, he is not all wrong in his thinking. Analyze Jerrell by explaining what he is setting out to accomplish, how he is going to meet his goal, and how he is both wrong and right in his thinking.
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