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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 Gary Reynolds' friend that delivers the news that he has died to his sister?

2. Where does Kelly spend long hours to avoid going home as a young woman?

3. What does the mortuary manager tell Diane to choose that makes her flee the building in tears?

4. How much is the reward Tanner offers for anyone that can solve the homicide cases against the KIG employees?

5. What is the name of Kelly's friendly concierge who keeps her dog for her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Kelly become a supermodel?

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

7. How is the soccer game that Mark and Kelly go on for one of their first dates described?

8. What happens when Kelly gets onto an elevator with her neighbor in Chapter 6?

9. What does Tanner wish to do after Andrew wins a Nobel Prize?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of Lois Reynolds in the book. In what way does Lois Reynolds' character act as a 'Rosetta Stone' for Diane and Kelly in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, the character Tanner Kingsley has driven forth the tension and suspense of Diane and Kelly's plight.

Part 1.) What is telling about Tanner based on his polar attitudes exhibited in public and behind closed doors?

Part 2.) In what way does Tanner exemplify the antagonist in the book?

Part 3.) What might the author be saying about the implications of having too much power based on his depiction of Tanner?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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