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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 kind of building holds top-secret research at KIG?

2. What does Tanner use to duplicate Diane and Kelly's voices and trick them?

3. What does Tanner say Harry Flint is that had started when he was a young boy?

4. What is the name of the man that watches Kelly escape in a cab, who vows to kill her slowly?

5. In what kind of car does Harry Flint follow Kelly and Diane in Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Diane and Kelly do at LaGuardia airport in Chapter 34?

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

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

4. What does Kelly do with her engagement ring in Chapter 33?

5. What happens when Diane, Kelly and Detective Greenburg visit Altieri at his estate?

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

7. What happens when a man knocks on Kelly's hotel room door in Chapter 21?

8. What do Kelly and Diane do when they go into a clothing store in Chapter 28?

9. How is Kelly and Mark's wedding night during their honeymoon described?

10. What does Tanner do to Kelly and Diane's credit cards after they send three dozen computers to his office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's portrayal of megalomania in the book. What might the author be saying about the negative impact that megalomania can have on society?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Tanner and Andrew Kingsley in the book. What is telling about the nature of these two characters based on their different views for KIG?

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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