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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. What does Howell want to know from Lily while she is cleaning his house?

2. What does the reader learn about Lily's past while she talks to Marshall about murder in Chapter One?

3. How many contestants are there from Shakespeare?

4. What method is used to kill Len Elgin?

5. How did Lily get the job to clean the public areas of the apartment complex that Claude lives in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs with the spotter's gloves in the Prologue?

2. Who is the narrator of the story, and what type of person is she?

3. Who is the man that Deedra is having an affair with, and what does Lily think that he is thinking?

4. What is the relationship between Claude and Lily?

5. Describe The Fight in detail.

6. Who is the new woman in town? What is she doing there? How do others react to her at the gym?

7. Who is Darcy Orchard and how does he treat Lily?

8. What discoveries does the reader make about Lily in the opening of Chapter Two days after she had turned Claude down.

9. As the novel opens, what is Del doing and where is he?

10. How does Del feel about this year's competition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Strong females are depicted in the novel. Analyze the strengths of the females and how their strengths add to the plot of the story.

Essay Topic 2

How is the relationship between Lily and Jack unhealthy? What do they both bring to the relationship that needs to be emotionally evaluated before they begin a new relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Suspense is found throughout the novel. Note at least five incidences of suspense and analyze how it affects the tone and plot of the novel.

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