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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. When Mavis sees the mess in Leonardo's apartment, what does she fear has happened?

2. What weapon was used to kill Pandora?

3. Why do Mavis's lawyers not want to use a truth detection test or hypnosis in her defense?

4. To what does Leonardo confess?

5. What is Paul Redford's relationship to Pandora?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mavis calm at breakfast in Chapter 8 despite the fact that a murder charge is hanging over her head?

2. Describe Eve's relationship with Roarke.

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

4. Why does Eve think that Pandora's murder and Boomer's are linked?

5. Describe Eve's childhood and how her childhood experiences motivated her to become a cop.

6. What data does Dickie Berenski provide about the unknown substance Eve retrieved from Boomer's apartment?

7. Describe Eve's nightmares and why Eve is terrified of facing memories of her childhood.

8. Why does Roarke have such a state of the art gym?

9. What does the fact that Eve shares information about the disc with the formula of the drug on it with Commander Whitney but not with Lieutenant Casto indicate about her relationship with each man?

10. What is Casto's relationship with Eve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the treatment of women in Immortal in Death. Do the men in the novel treat the women as equals or do they try to dominate them? Does the treatment of women in the futuristic world of the novel change any from what it is in the present day, or do women seem to be receiving the same treatment as they are now? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the childhoods of Roarke and Eve. How do their childhood histories impact their present relationship? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the novel's theme of getting too personally involved in a situation. Include a discussion of the danger Eve faces of getting too personally involved in the investigation of Pandora's murder when her friend Mavis is charged with the crime, a discussion of how Commander Whitney got too personally involved in a previous case, and how Peabody becomes too personally involved with Casto during the murder investigation to see his true character. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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