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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jordan insists that her brother-in-law is told about the painting of her sister by ______________.
(a) Kaiser.
(b) Lenz.
(c) Baxter.
(d) Jordan herself.

2. How skilled is Kaiser at being Jordan's lighting assistant?
(a) Quite skilled, actually.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Very skilled, although he pretends not to know very much.
(d) Somewhat skilled, though he pretends to know a lot more than he does.

3. Who keeps calling during Jordan's first lunch with Kaiser?
(a) An anonymous person who doesn't say anything.
(b) His mother.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) Dr. Lenz.

4. How does Wheaton respond to the questions posed in his first interview?
(a) He is calm and poised.
(b) He plays dumb.
(c) He pretends to faint.
(d) He is furious.

5. What does Jordan's brother-in-law do the first night she visits him?
(a) He gives her a check for her inheritance.
(b) He tries to kiss her.
(c) He proposes.
(d) He confesses that he has always loved her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police assume about Jordan's missing sister?

2. Who is Wendy Travis?

3. Whom does Jordan call from the plane on her way to New York city from Hong Kong?

4. According to Wingate, who has been buying up all of the recent Sleeping Women?

5. Who is Marc Lacour?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Wheaton's symptoms from his scleroderma?

2. How does Fred Coates die?

3. What offer does Wingate make to Jordan about her own photography?

4. What does Jordan think about what happened to her sister in the beginning of the novel?

5. What is Marc referring to with his remark "It wouldn't be the first time ..."?

6. How did Jordan's father supposedly die?

7. What is Dr. Lenz's theory about the killer(s) behind the Sleeping Women?

8. Why are Kaiser and Jordan intrigued by the fact that de Becque once lived in Asia?

9. How do Jane's children react to seeing Jordan after their mother has disappeared?

10. Why do Lenz and Baxter want to use Jordan when questioning suspects?

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