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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 state is the city Calhoun?

2. Why doesn't Eve want to tell Joe that Bonnie comes to visit her?

3. Where does Jane suspect Aldo is from?

4. What profession does Eve think Trevor looks like he should have?

5. What does Eve decide to name the woman whose skull she is reconstructing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jane respond to the news that she must stay under police surveillance?

2. How does Jane meet Antonio?

3. What does Eve learn about Caroline Halliburton from the detective named Christy?

4. How does Joe know that Mark Trevor has been lying to him?

5. What does Joe learn from Mark Trevor during their last phone conversation on the night Bonnie visits Eve?

6. How does Trevor rationalize the obsession that Aldo has for Cira?

7. What does Jane see when she wades out of the lake and arrives at the attack site?

8. How does Aldo escape from the attack scene?

9. How does Jane rationalize the fact that Trevor chose not to inform the family of the danger she might be in?

10. What new information does Christy uncover about Trevor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eve spends a majority of the novel struggling with her role as a mother in both Bonnie and Jane's lives. Explain why Eve questioned her ability to be a good mother to her daughters, and then explain how she used Jane's situation to gain more confidence in her mothering abilities.

Essay Topic 2

Aldo's pattern of murder differed during each of his killings. Choose two of Aldo's victims and explain how each of their murders gave the reader deeper insight into Aldo's character and what his true desires toward women were.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the text of the novel, Jane burgeons on an inappropriate relationship with the detective, Trevor. Explain what each character, both Jane and Trevor, stood to gain from this personal relationship, and then explain why Jane's parents, and others, found the relationship inappropriate.

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