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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 did Ian Forest want?

2. Who was the package for?

3. What kind of fruit was the wine that Marcy handed Gwen?

4. What happened as Gwen walked across the stage?

5. Whose death caused the department to view Gwen differently?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was suspicious regarding Mr. Cody and Gwen's conversation?

2. In what ways did Sherry Fenton learn to play "the game"?

3. Why was the valet loath to park Gwen's car within sight of the hotel shops?

4. Why is the case Gwen gave to Frank so interesting?

5. Why didn't Gwen touch anything in the room in which she found Lauren?

6. What is the "usual thing" that Meredith and her mother would argue about?

7. How were the last twenty years kind to Sherry? How could they also have been cruel?

8. How did Marcy find out that she was attracted to women?

9. What things happened that caused Mrs. Cody to want to fire Gwen?

10. Why wouldn't Lauren ditch her friends, and why did her friends leave without her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gwen has long suspected Walsh of being a dirty cop. Explain how this is unacceptable in a just society. How does one crooked cop change the justice system? How far out do the ripples of effect go?

Essay Topic 2

Why was it vital for the author to introduce a son for Frank? What role does this character stand to play in Gwen's life? In what ways do you think this character is going to support Gwen later in life? Explain why this may or may not be as easy as it sounds.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Sylvia Black and Gwen. What similarities do they share? What differences? Explain which you think is the stronger personality, Sylvia or Gwen. Why?

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