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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 could Thalia's childhood be described?

2. What weapon is Gaines using to keep his hostages?

3. Where does Jordan encourage Kaiser to rest once she takes him home?

4. What team arrives to help with the hostage situation?

5. Jordan goes into the building where Gaines has hostages to retrieve ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gaines do to his girlfriend after he escapes his FBI surveillance?

2. How does Jordan feel about Laveau while she is talking to her about the murders?

3. Why does Glass claim to know who Jordan is when she walks in during his interview with Frank and Lenz?

4. What kind of relationship did Wheaton have with his mother?

5. What does Juan confess to the investigators about Smith and Wheaton?

6. How does Jordan react to the news that the victim whose body has been found was raped?

7. From where does Kaiser recognize the woman in the computer-enhanced images?

8. What do Kaiser and Lenz threaten to do to Gaines in order to make him talk to them when they first approach him as a suspect?

9. Why does Kaiser wait outside Laveau's house for Jordan to finish questioning her?

10. What does Wendy do when she realizes that there is a man with a gun during her walk with Jordan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay which discusses the role that Jordan's father plays in the novel and at least one major benefit and challenge for Iles in including him.

Essay Topic 2

How does the information which is revealed to the reader about Jordan's relationship with her father contribute to her character? Provide at least three specific examples.

Essay Topic 3

Describe at least four negative aspects of having a protagonist as strong and stubborn as Jordan Glass. Make sure to use evidence from the novel to support your position.

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