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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. How many days are left before the event takes place?

2. Who calls Molinari during his dinner with Boxer?

3. Who goes along to a hotel room with a strange woman?

4. What is Molinari's title within the agency?

5. Boxer receives what in relation to the professor at Berkley?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Boxer find it necessary to be wary of overtures of friendship made by Cindy?

2. What is the importance of the Lightowers' nanny at this point? Why is it important to locate her?

3. How does the reader get the impression that Boxer works far too many hours in her job?

4. What happens when Cindy receives the email? What does she do?

5. Discuss Boxer's visit to Jill's office. What is Jill's mood? Why?

6. Discuss the introduction of Claire. What is her relationship to Boxer?

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

8. What information does Boxer receive when she meets with the Berkley cops?

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

10. What is the gist of the call received by Boxer? What does the caller want Boxer to know?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

August Spies contacted Cindy on several occasions. Why? Why would the organization contact a reporter rather than trying to get straight to Boxer? Do you think it was a ploy to get press coverage from the media? Explain. How did Boxer feel about the contact? Could Boxer forbid Cindy to talk to the killers? Could Boxer prevent Cindy from using any of the information in newspaper articles? What might happen if Cindy used the information from August Spies without Boxer's permission?

Essay Topic 2

Jill is having difficulty with her overbearing husband and often hides out at the office so she does not have to go home. Discuss Jill's situation. Is it surprising that someone like Jill can be the victim of domestic abuse? Explain. What would you do in Jill's shoes? How does Lindsay react to the husband's behavior? Do you think Lindsay was out of line when she talked to the man? What would you do in that situation? What was the husband's reaction? Do you think he would have changed his behavior if Jill had lived? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Lindsay, Cindy, Jill and Claire are the Women's Murder Club. Each woman brings something unique to the table. Compare and contrast the four women and their roles in the club.

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