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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 sound does Jordan hear when she wakes up for the second time?

2. What secret does Wendy let slip about the body which the FBI found?

3. How does Gaines die?

4. How could Thalia's childhood be described?

5. Where does Laveau live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Conrad Hoffman?

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

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

4. How does Wheaton kidnap Jordan?

5. Why does Jordan move the ice cooler closer to her tub at Wheaton's?

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

7. What are Gaines and his girlfriend doing as Lenz and Kaiser prepare to question him for the first time?

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

9. Why does Wheaton react the way he does when Jordan plunges him into the cold water?

10. How does the FBI team react to Jordan's theory that the killer has Multiple Personality Disorder?

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

Compare and contrast Jordan and Jill, her sister. Make sure to use direct evidence from the text throughout your paper.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, discuss what function Jordan's mother serves in the novel.

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