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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 is Feeney's reaction when he first sees the beautiful Jerry Fitzgerald?

2. What effect has Commander Whitney's mistake had on his relationship with Eve?

3. Why does Commander Whitney advise Eve to step down as primary investigator in Pandora's homicide?

4. What are "Free-Agers"?

5. What is Mavis's attitude about the media attention her arrest is bringing her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Eve uses physical and scientific evidence to corroborate eyewitness testimony.

2. What is the history of Roarke's relationship with Summerset?

3. What does Pandora threaten to do to Leonardo if he doesn't stop seeing Mavis?

4. Who is Pandora and why does she attack Eve and Mavis in Chapter 2?

5. How has Eve's relationship with her superior officer, Commander Whitney, changed since Eve's last case?

6. What do Eve and Peabody find when they search Pandora's house?

7. What does Jake Casto do in Chapter 9 to get Eve's cooperation in the murder case and why is Eve unwilling to fully trust Casto?

8. What do Eve and her fiance Roarke have in common?

9. Why is Eve terrified of marriage?

10. What is the function of the droid Eve encounters at Boomer's flophouse at the beginning of Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of gender role in Immortal in Death. Give examples of how at least three of the following characters exhibit typical or atypical gender role behavior for the era in which the novel is set: Crack, Eve, Leonardo, and Mavis. What do you think the author is trying to say about gender role in 2058 society through these characters? Is she also perhaps trying to say something about gender role in present day society? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the police characters in the story: Peabody, Commander Whitney, Casto, and Feeney. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Casto is the antagonist of the novel and Eve is the protagonist of the novel. What character flaws and strengths do you see in each character? How do these flaws and strengths help or hinder the characters in their relationships throughout the course of the novel and in their homicide investigations? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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