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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 stepdad that beats her mother and suggests that Kelly sell her body?

2. What does Mark Harris have his mind on while waiting on his colleagues in the Prologue?

3. What is the name of Kelly's neighbor that dies in an elevator crash?

4. What is the name of Gary Reynolds' sister?

5. Where is there a freak hailstorm that Tanner sends a notice to Senator Van Luven for in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Kelly's modeling career described in Chapter 10?

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

3. What do the two notes found on Richard Stevens' body reveal?

4. What happens when Andrew proposes to Princess?

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

6. What happens to Gary Reynolds when he is flying a plane?

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

8. What happens to Lois Reynolds after a man informs her that her brother is dead?

9. How is Diane and Richard's honeymoon suite described?

10. How does Kelly describe her time growing up in a boardinghouse owned by her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of widowhood in the book. What role does widowhood play in Diane and Kelly's ability to form a common bond in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the nature of Prima's role in the book. What is telling of the presence this object has in the book based on its mention in the Prologue?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of Andrew Kingsley in the book. What about the way the author created Andrew as meaningless added to the reveal of his final vindication at the end of the book?

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