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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. In what city is Sonja Verbrugge at the beginning of the Prologue?

2. Where had Richard taken Diane on a picnic the first night they made love?

3. What is the name of the person who started KIG?

4. What does Princess tell Tanner when he proposes to her for the first time?

5. Who do two uniformed police stare at that is now dead in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kelly describe the lengths her husband went to date her?

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

3. What does Kelly do with her dog before leaving for New York?

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

5. What do the two French policemen say to the superintendent of the Eiffel Tower regarding Mark Harris?

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

7. How was the Kingsley Group supposed to be when it was first started by Andrew Kingsley?

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

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

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

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

Examine the role of investigation in the book. In what way does Diane take to the role as investigator, initially? How does investigation save Kelly and Diane in the book?

Essay Topic 3

A common theme found in the book is the characters' abilities to overcome their fears.

Part 1.) What is telling of Kelly's fears of sex and the dark, and her ability to overcome them in the book?

Part 2.) What fears must Diane and Kelly overcome now that their support systems--their husbands--have been taken from them?

Part 3.) What is telling about the nature of Diane and Kelly based on their ability to overcome their fears?

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