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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 is the temperature on the morning when Dolores starts her story?

2. What does the character in #2 think she saw on the road on that fateful morning?

3. Which of the following is not one of Risa's problems?

4. What runs out of the area in #30 and frightens Dolores?

5. Which of the following is not one of the things consuming Billy when he begins an affair with Risa?

Short Essay Questions

1. From whose perspective is Chapter 2 written?

2. What can Billy relate about what happened after the accident.

3. What is Wilmot Flats?

4. Explain Billy's relationship with death.

5. What are Nichole's interactions with her family upon returning home?

6. What is Nichole's opinion of a lawsuit her parents want to pursue?

7. Why is Billy a ghost in his own house?

8. What does Billy admit to thinking about as he follows the school bus on that fateful morning?

9. What are the weather conditions on that fateful day?

10. Describe Nichole's feelings upon returning home after being hospitalized for so long.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the irony of Nichole's being confined to a wheelchair as her long-awaited freedom from her father's sexual abuse.

Essay Topic 2

Explain why Dolores feels a huge relief when she hears that Nichole had hung the blame of the accident on Dolores' speeding. Is this an expected reaction? Is this reaction in line with Dolores' code?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses the literary technique of flashback to explain Mitchell's intensity about starting this new case. Why did the author include this flashback? Why does it help explain Mitchell as a character? Explain.

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