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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 Agatha Christie play is referred to in this section?

2. Dallas orders Peabody to take what kind of medication?

3. What seemingly innocent event scares Dallas?

4. What is the motto of the New York Police and Security Department?

5. What is often very difficult to understand despite the facts of the case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Roarke and McNab up to in Eve's home office? What topics are discussed?

2. What news is given to Nadine when she arrives at the house? What is her reaction?

3. How did Stiles use his skills to avoid police detection?

4. Explain the scene between Dallas and Anja Carvell regarding Carly's parentage.

5. Who does Eve meet at the hospital? How does the meeting affect Eve?

6. How was Roarke able to help Mavis with her career?

7. The author delves into Eve's personal life by introducing Eve's most unlikely and closest friend. Discuss the friend and her effect on Dallas.

8. What piece of information stuns Anja about Draco and Carly?

9. What about the conversation upsets Eve?

10. What interesting information does Eve learn about Michael Proctor's mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Areena Mansfield drugged Linus Quim. After Quim was docile, Areena forced him to write a note of confession and then hang himself. Examine Areena's plan. Would the plan actually work? What drug was used to incapacitate Quim? Does the drug really exist? What is its medicinal purpose? What was it used for in the story? Are the effects of the drug accurate as portrayed in the story? Can the drug kill someone? How does it override a person's sense of survival? How else might Areena have killed Quim while making it look like a suicide?

Essay Topic 2

Roarke is a mysterious man with a shady past, married to the top homicide cop in the New York Police and Security Department. Examine Roarke's past. Compare and contrast Roarke's history with Eve's. How do they compare? Why doesn't Roarke have a first and last name? Where does he come from? How did he meet Eve? What is their relationship like? How did Roarke make his billions? How does the fact that Roarke is so rich help or hinder Eve's investigations?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the act of incest. What are the legal and medical definitions of incest? What are the parameters? Is it illegal? Is it harmful physically, mentally, emotionally - all or none of the above? How does an average person define incest? What are the cultural references and perceptions regarding incest? Do both parties have to consent? Who are the most common victims of incest? Is there any form of treatment?

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