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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 does Ethridge know Sparacino?

2. What happens to Kay's car at the murder scene?

3. Where does Kay sleep when she spends the night in Cutler Grove?

4. What word clue does Kay's team find from slivers of paper from the ashes?

5. For how many years has Joe McTigue been working at Cutler Grove?

Short Essay Questions

1. Waiting for her flight back to Richmond, what does Kay learn about Mark James?

2. In Chapter 6, why does Pete Marino call Kay, and what does Kay do in response?

3. What does Kay learn from Sterling Harper?

4. In Chapter 3, where does Kay learn about Beryl's lecture, and for what organization does she learn that Beryl spoke?

5. What makes Kay suspicious enough to return to her office in the OCME, and what does she find there?

6. In Chapter 9, what does Pete learn about Jeb Price?

7. In Chapter 8, where does Sterling have Kay sleep, and how comfortable is Kay?

8. In Chapter 1, how does Pete know that Beryl has not eaten a snack before she is killed?

9. In what condition does Kay find Sterling during the middle of the night?

10. In Chapter 5, after dinner and drinks with Sparacino, what does Mark do back at the hotel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kay ends up receiving roses from Mark James, and he tells her that he loves her. What do Kay and Mark James have in common that brings them back together? In what ways are they completely opposite? Describe the high points in their relationship. Do you think they would have come together had their work not taken them down similar paths? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sterling visits Johns Hopkins Hospital for cancer treatments. Does she try to keep her cancer secret? When we learn that she commits suicide, what is the state of her cancer? Is there something else at play here besides her illness?

Essay Topic 3

Benton Wesley profiles Beryl Madison's killer. Describe the characteristics he presents, and then compare and contrast them with what you know about Frankie Aims. Is Benton on track? Why or why not?

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