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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kaiser finally reveal to de Becque?
(a) He's under arrest.
(b) He's wearing a wire.
(c) He's an FBI agent.
(d) Jordan isn't actually who she says she is.

2. What does Jordan stop to buy on her way to meet Wingate?
(a) A can of mace.
(b) A gun.
(c) Some flowers.
(d) A bottle of wine.

3. What impresses Jordan during the first interview with Wheaton?
(a) His enormous painting.
(b) His fancy wine glasses.
(c) His kind eyes.
(d) His fancy clothes.

4. What piece of clothing identifies a suspicious person in the crowd outside of Wingate's burning apartment?
(a) A yellow scarf.
(b) Cowboy bats.
(c) A skull cap.
(d) A torn leather jacket.

5. What is the subject of the book Jordan is working on when the novel opens?
(a) Weather.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Politicans in 1900 America.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How skilled is Kaiser at being Jordan's lighting assistant?

2. What landmark is near the New Orleans FBI headquarters?

3. Kaiser confesses having a difficult relationship with ___________.

4. What is the code for Jordan to enter during the interviews?

5. What does de Becque think about the women in the Sleeping Women paintings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the names of the three students who work for Wheaton at the university?

2. Which photograph shocks Jordan when she sees it at de Becque's mansion?

3. What does Jordan think about what happened to her sister in the beginning of the novel?

4. How did Jordan's father supposedly die?

5. What are Wheaton's symptoms from his scleroderma?

6. What does Wheaton report when Lenz asks him if any of his students have painted naked women before?

7. What happens when Jordan lands in Washington, D.C. to meet with the FBI?

8. What is so suspicious about the random call Jordan gets in the middle of the night soon after her sister disappears?

9. What does Jordan notice about the lighting in the Sleeping Women?

10. Why do Lenz and Baxter want to use Jordan when questioning suspects?

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