Dead Sleep Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Greg Iles
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Dead Sleep Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Greg Iles
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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. To which university have the brushes that were used to paint the Sleeping Women been shipped?

2. What sad news does the FBI have for Jordan when they first speak to her in Quantico?

3. What does Jordan stop to buy on her way to meet Wingate?

4. Who is Fred Coates?

5. The FBI traced the strange call that Jordan received in the night soon after her sister disappeared to _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jordan respond to de Becque's invitation that she come to his house and photograph his paintings?

2. How do Jane's children react to seeing Jordan after their mother has disappeared?

3. What is the mystery behind the Sleeping Women paintings?

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

5. How does Wheaton react when he sees Jordan for the first time during his interview with the FBI?

6. What is Dr. Lenz's theory about the killer(s) behind the Sleeping Women?

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

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

9. What is Marc referring to with his remark "It wouldn't be the first time ..."?

10. What act in Viet Nam did Wheaton report to his superiors in the military?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the novel's tone and discuss three literary devices that Iles uses to create this tone.

Essay Topic 2

Greg Iles is a rare author who has had commercial success across multiple genres. In an essay, discuss the three greatest strengths of Iles as an author and how each of these strengths can transfer across genres in a commercially successful way.

Essay Topic 3

Contrast one scene in "Dead Sleep" that borders the line of believability with one scene that is completely believable. What is different in each? What does Iles do in one scene that makes it believable that he does not do (or that he does not do as well) in the scene that is less believable?

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