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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. Which of the following groups is involved in the upcoming event?

2. Who calls Molinari during his dinner with Boxer?

3. Molinari believes that there is a strong movement that may be related to the killings. The movement supports which issue?

4. Who supplies the information?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Claire calls Lindsay and asks to meet. Where does Claire want to meet? What information does she have for Boxer?

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

7. What is the main topic discussed when the Women's Murder Club gets together for dinner? What is the resolution to the problem?

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

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

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

The story talks a lot about radicals. What are radicals? Who are they? Why are the radicals referred to as "weathermen" by Molinari? Is there a special meaning to the name August Spies? Is there any relation between the radicals and the KGB? Explain. Also explain the history of the KGB in Russia and America. Has the presence of the KGB and/or radicals changed since the end of the Cold War? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the pros and cons of the relationship between Joe and Lindsay. Is the relationship a good idea? Explain. How might the relationship affect their work on the current case? How might it affect future cases? Is there any way that the relationship could work? How would they handle the bi-coastal situation?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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