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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 has Detective Hunt been having nightmares about in Chapter 3?

2. Whose dead bodies are found in a bedroom of Levi's house?

3. What is Johnny's last name?

4. Why is Johnny insistent about finding Levi?

5. How old is Levi's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Levi the chief suspect in the deaths of his wife and her lover and why does the chief not believe that Levi's little daughter is missing?

2. What is Levi's probation officer's opinion of whether or not Levi could be a murderer?

3. How does Levi come to be injured in the woods?

4. Who is the giant monster who stops Johnny from running?

5. Why does Katherine dispose of her Vicodin and other medications?

6. Why is an arrest warrant issued for Levi Freemantle?

7. What are Hunt's true reasons for his obsession with the Alyssa Merrimon case and why does he especially dislike Ken Holloway?

8. Why is Johnny so obsessed with staking out Burton Jarvis' house and what does he learn there?

9. What are Hunt and Yoakum able to determine about David Wilson by searching his home?

10. What does Johnny's friend, Jack, say when Johnny asks him to repeat the details of Alyssa's abduction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Levi Freemantle. What are Levi’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the novel? Does he achieve his objectives? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Katherine and her relationships to her son and her lover. What has led to Katherine’s struggles with alcohol and drug abuse? How does this abuse affect her son? How does it affect her?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two themes about loss in the book. Then cite an example to support each theme you name. How does loss impact the characters in the novel? What symbolism connects with this theme?

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