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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. On page 187, why does Janice say that Millie needs to go to the restaurant in the hotel?

2. What color dress does Grace wear to dinner at Esther and Rufus's place?

3. What color shoes does Grace wear to dinner at Esther and Rufus's place?

4. How many days after Jack took took the pills did he die?

5. Where do Grace, Jack, and Millie go after lunch on page 201?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why does Millie arrange for them to eat the hotel when Jack and Grace visit in the chapter that begins on page 186?

2. How does Jack plan to make Millie and Grace disappear?

3. What type of jailer was Jack in the beginning, and what is something that Grace misses?

4. In the chapter that begins on page 245, what has Grace thought about killing Jack?

5. How does Grace recover and explain her breakdown at the dinner party?

6. Why does Grace start having Jack bring her whisky?

7. How does Grace keep the sleeping pills from Jack?

8. How does Grace make friends on the trip to view ancient temples?

9. What does Esther give Millie for her birthday, and what question does it bring up?

10. What concerns Grace when Jack wants to bring Millie to the house on May 2, and what does she do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why could Jack's career and choices of cases he takes on be considered ironic?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Behind Closed Doors? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Grace calls Jack a "wolf in sheep's clothing" (122). Why does Grace call Jack a wolf in sheep’s clothing? Why is Jack a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

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