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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 finds Johnny asleep in the car close to Jarvis' house?

2. What is found hanging on a recently-vacated room in Levi's house?

3. What department was the motorcycle accident victim a member of at the local college?

4. Why does Hunt arrest Holloway?

5. What is the name of Johnny's twin sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why will the Department of Social Services want to speak to Katherine?

2. Describe Johnny's transformation into an Indian chief.

3. 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?

4. How does Johnny inadvertently rescue the missing girl, Tiffany Shore, at Jarvis' house?

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

6. What does Johnny do when Ken muscles him out of putting his mother to bed when returning home from the riverbank crime scene?

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

8. What has happened to Katherine since the disappearances of her daughter and husband?

9. How does the author reveal that Johnny has broken another window in Ken's 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

Create a brief character study of Ken Holloway. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? How are Ken’s relationships depicted?

Essay Topic 2

John Hart is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and imagery, and briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody. What is the purpose of each example? How does this literary device help the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Detective Hunt. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him at this point in his life?

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