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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. What weapon does Kaiser request Jordan carry with her?

2. The FBI traced the strange call that Jordan received in the night soon after her sister disappeared to _________.

3. What does Jordan stop to buy on her way to meet Wingate?

4. What does Jordan do immediately after she sees the painting of her sister?

5. Where is the FBI trying to gather and analyze all of the Sleeping Women paintings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jordan respond to de Becque's invitation that she come to his house and photograph his paintings?

2. Why did Kaiser leave a higher ranking position in Quantico for his job in New Orleans?

3. How does Wheaton react when he sees Jordan for the first time during his interview with the FBI?

4. How does Fred Coates die?

5. What does Jordan notice about the lighting in the Sleeping Women?

6. What are the names of the three students who work for Wheaton at the university?

7. Which photograph shocks Jordan when she sees it at de Becque's mansion?

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

9. How did Jordan's father supposedly die?

10. What is inside of Wingate's apartment when Jordan arrives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Contrast one scene in "Dead Sleep" that borders the line of believability with one scene that is completely believable. What is different in each? What does Iles do in one scene that makes it believable that he does not do (or that he does not do as well) in the scene that is less believable?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the relationship between Jordan and Jill. Using direct evidence from the text, make sure to address the following: 1) what their relationship has been like historically, 2) what their relationship is like by the time the novel concludes, and 3) what the reader learns about these two characters through their interactions with each other.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least four features of Wheaton that make him a good villain.

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