Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."Ellery glanced at the clock.9:29.Six minutes left in which not only to find the money but identify the thief!
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."He shuffled through the dummy dollars one by one, hunting for something. Anything!
Which element in "Object Lesson, Part 2" likely makes readers feel most anxious?
Which plot event in "Object Lesson, Part 2" creates a feeling of tension or anticipation about the case for the reader?
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2.""No sign of the original envelope?""No.""I found two boys with bills — in each case a single, too. David Strager and Joey Buell. No envelope."Louise's brows met.Ellery glanced up at the clock. 9:07.
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."He thought furiously.Let the bell ring at 9:35 and the boy strut out of Miss Carpenter's room undetected, with his loot, and he would send up a howl like a wolf cub over his first kill. Who says these big-shot law jerks ain't monkeys? The biggest! He's a lot of nothin'. Wind. See me stand him on his ear? And this is just for openers. Wait till I get goin' for real, not any of this kid stuff. . . .
Which character detail in "Object Lesson, Part 2" best creates reader uncertainty?
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."He deliberately looked them over, wondering which of the forty-one pairs of eyes staring back at his belonged to Joey Buell, Howard Ruffo, and David Strager. He should have asked Louise Carpenter to describe them. Now it was too late.Or was it?
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2.""But this morning's little job," Ellery turned suddenly to the red-haired boy, "you pulled by yourself, Joey."The thin boy quivered. "Who, me?""Yes, Joey, you.""You got rocks in your skull," Joey whispered. "Not me!""I'll prove it, Joey. Hand me the dollar bill I found in your jeans when I searched you."
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."And there it was. There it was!This strip had been cut from the top of the comic sheet. On the margin appeared the name of a New York newspaper and the date April 24, 1955.
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