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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 is the name of Kelly's friend that is a well-known talk show host?

2. How many years does Kelly's mother spend working as an industrial cleaning lady?

3. What does Princess say Tanner must provide for her in order for her to marry him?

4. What does Mark study for his second date with Kelly?

5. What does Detective Greenburg ask Tanner if he is experimenting with in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tanner doing in Washington D.C. in Chapter 11?

2. How does Diane describe the lengths her future husband Richard went through to make her go on a date with him?

3. How does Kelly become a supermodel?

4. What does Tanner reveal to Diane regarding a woman named Olga in Chapter 19?

5. What happens to Mark Harris after the men he's waiting for arrive at the observatory deck of the Eiffel Tower?

6. What do the New York detectives discover regarding a link between the murders deemed suicides in Berlin, Paris and Denver?

7. How did Tanner feel about Pauline when they first met?

8. Describe the interaction between Diane and Earl Greenburg when he visits her apartment in Chapter 1.

9. What happens when Andrew proposes to Princess?

10. What happens to Sonja Verbrugge after she receives a call from her husband to go to the Artesemia Hotel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Kelly and Diane in the book. What about these characters' differences makes their ability to work together more successful?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of tension in the book. What methods and techniques does the author use to impart a tension-filled atmosphere in the book?

Essay Topic 3

One of the most notable techniques the author uses in the book is that of flashbacks.

Part 1.) What is the reader able to learn about the pasts of the characters due to the use of flashbacks?

Part 2.) How is the author able to use flashbacks for character development?

Part 3.) What would have been missing from the story had flashbacks not been used?

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