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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. How many guns does Trevor hide in the vomitorium for Jane?

2. From what part of the property is Trevor watching Jane?

3. How does Jane respond to the flirting that Trevor partakes in over the phone?

4. How does Jane convince the editor of the anthropology magazine to print her article on Cira?

5. Who convinces Professor Sontag to partake in the con?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the couple react when Trevor finally reaches out and strokes Jane's cheek?

2. Who is Lucy?

3. What is Jane's plan to lure Aldo into the open?

4. What does Trevor acknowledge to himself after he begins watching Jane from the woods?

5. How does Jane respond to seeing Aldo enter the vomitorium?

6. What precautions does Trevor put into place to protect Jane in the vomitorium?

7. What is a vomitorium?

8. How did Bartlett and Trevor come to be partners?

9. How does Trevor convince Professor Sontag to partake in the con?

10. What does Aldo send to Jane in the mail, and what is her response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the characters survive their lives by using altered or fake identities. Choose two characters in the novel and explain the false identities that they used, and how those identities allowed them to carry on with the unscrupulous lives they were living.

Essay Topic 2

There were many murders that took place in the course of the novel. Explain the characteristics of the murders and why the police believed that they were tracking a serial killer rather than different murderers for the crimes.

Essay Topic 3

Jane's dreams function to draw her closer to the killer. Describe the recurring dream that Jane has throughout the novel, and explain what it means when she gradually gains control over the information in the dreams.

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