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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 do Diane and Kelly hop on to flee from Harry Flint in the Delmont Hotel?

2. What kind of shoes does Kelly notice the maid at the Adams Hotel is wearing when she leaves towels in their room?

3. What is the name of Diane's husband's secretary?

4. What does an elderly man do that prevents Diane and Kelly from being shot?

5. In what city do Diane and Kelly agree to meet in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Diane and Kelly do when they realize both of their husbands had scheduled trips to Washington D.C. just before their deaths?

2. How does Tanner react when he learns Flint missed killing the women at the Mandarin Hotel?

3. How does Kelly react after seeing Diane's face on the television in Chapter 20?

4. What happens when Kelly is met in the stairwell by a man holding a gun in Chapter 21?

5. How are Kelly and Diane saved from danger when they arrive at KIG headquarters for a memorial service?

6. How does Sam Meadows act towards Kelly when she visits him in Chapter 37?

7. What happens when Diane is forced into a car by Greg Holliday?

8. What do Kelly and Diane read in a newspaper regarding their husbands in Chapter 31?

9. What happens when a maid leaves some towels in Kelly and Diane's hotel room in Chapter 29?

10. What does Tanner tell Diane when she calls him from the Madarin 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 role of weather control in the book. What reason might the author have for bringing the readers' attention to weather control?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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