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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jill promise in regard to her current situation?
(a) She will take self defense classes.
(b) She will leave.
(c) She will file a police report.
(d) She will call Boxer.

2. Where does Jill work?
(a) DA's office.
(b) Morgue.
(c) Cleaning service.
(d) Local newspaper.

3. What form of transportation is used to go to the next crime scene?
(a) Helicopter.
(b) Jet.
(c) Train.
(d) Car.

4. Another murder occurs in which city?
(a) Boise.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Portland.

5. Boxer contemplates the impact of which of the following?
(a) War.
(b) Jill's abusive situation.
(c) Ricin.
(d) Quitting the force.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boxer finds a note at the next crime scene. Who has signed the note?

2. Who has contact with people at Berkley?

3. What information does Jill disclose to the other women at dinner?

4. Boxer stops to admire which of the following on the way home?

5. What seems to be missing from the crime scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Boxer respond when the townhouse she is admiring explodes?

2. What is the setting used in the beginning of the book? What time frame is used?

3. Where does the next murder take place? Who goes to investigate?

4. What is unusual about the dosage of poison given to the victim?

5. Cindy makes a discovery at Berkley regarding a suspicious character. Who is it? What does Boxer think of the man?

6. Chapter 37 begins with Cindy receiving an email at the newspaper. Who is the email from and what does it say?

7. Lindsay decides to take Jill's problem into her own hands. How does she do it?

8. Who observes the explosion from afar? What is the person's interest in the disaster? Why is the person pleased?

9. What is Malcolm doing at the time? How does it affect Michelle?

10. When Boxer analyzes the scene, what is her conclusion about the murder?

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