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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 friend is Ellery texting with at the start of Chapter Four?

2. What shocking news does Viv disclose at the end of Chapter Six?

3. Who is taunting Malcolm at the beginning of Chapter Nine?

4. What did the student newspaper name the vandal, as explained in Chapter Eleven?

5. Who questions Malcolm in Chapter Sixteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Malcolm and Mia follow Daisy in Chapter Eleven?

2. What question does Viv ask Malcolm in Chapter Fourteen? How does he respond?

3. What is the second act of vandalism? Where does it occur? Who discovers it?

4. Who are Mia and Daisy? What does the reader learn about them in Chapter Five?

5. Who is Sarah, and what does the reader learn about her in Chapter Two?

6. Why are the twins headed to Fright Farm in Chapter Twelve? Who drives them there? Why?

7. Who is Ryan Rodriguez? What does he do upon meeting the twins in Chapter Two? What does Ellery think about him?

8. What does the reader learn about the setting, the town of Echo Ridge, in Chapter One?

9. What does the reader learn about Sadie, the twins' mother, in Chapter One?

10. What strange occurrence do Malcolm and Mia observe in Chapter Eleven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ellery experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Although Sarah and Lacey are not literally present in the story, they both play an important role. Discuss the role Sarah and Lacey play regarding the story’s plot and themes.

Essay Topic 3

At various points throughout the novel, Ellery is cautioned against developing wild theories. How does these theories both help and hinder her in her search for the truth?

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