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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 are the names of Tony's two daughters?

2. What does Eve tell Alexandra is her reason for leaving school?

3. What does Kate name her son?

4. Where does George steal a million dollars?

5. What are transferred in Alexandra's name on her 23rd birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tony develop a relationship with Dominique?

2. Why do the adults think Alexandra is a clumsy child?

3. Why does Tony try to kill his mother?

4. Why does Tony demand his mother keeps out of his life?

5. Why do Alexandra's co-workers finally accept her at the agency?

6. How does Kate deal with Tony at the beginning of this section?

7. What kind of impression does George make on Alexandra?

8. How does Kate eventually find out about Eve's sexual behaviour?

9. How does Eve want George to use the therapy to help their scheme?

10. How does Eve create trouble at the boarding school in South Carolina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what does the author suggest there is a attraction between James and Margaret? Why does James shy away from the attraction that he feels for Margaret? How does James' attitude for Margaret set the standards for the Blackwell's family's attitude?

Essay Topic 2

How accurate do the students think is Sidney Sheldon's representation of powerful families? How does he use the story and character to create his representation?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Kate's obsession with her family business affected one of the following areas in her life.

1. Family.

2. Social life.

3. Intimate relationships.

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