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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. Where did Jordan grow up?

2. Who keeps calling during Jordan's first lunch with Kaiser?

3. Initially, whom does Jordan plan to stay with in New Orleans?

4. Who is the author of "Dead Sleep"?

5. How does Baxter appear for the first meeting which Jordan attends in Bowles's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so suspicious about the random call Jordan gets in the middle of the night soon after her sister disappears?

2. What does de Becque hint about Jordan's father during her first visit to his mansion?

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

4. Who is Ron Epstein?

5. Who is Marcel de Becque?

6. What happens when Jordan lands in Washington, D.C. to meet with the FBI?

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

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

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

10. Why does Jordan decide to go to the museum in Hong Kong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss at least three literary devices Iles uses within the first three chapters to help the reader better understand Jordan as both a character and the protagonist. Make sure to use examples and/or quotations from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three ways the novel would change if it were written from the perspective of John Kaiser or Dr. Lenz and at least three literary devices Iles could use while writing from these different perspectives.

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