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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. Who calls Kaiser when he is at Wal-Mart looking for Gaines?

2. Whose face does Jordan see over her as she loses consciousness?

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

4. What does Wheaton confess his disease has done to him?

5. How does the team learn about Wheaton's spending the night at Smith's house sometimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wheaton tell Jordan about her sister?

2. What does Smith confess to Jordan about why he and Wheaton have heated arguments?

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

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

5. How do Jordan, Kaiser, Baxter, and Bowles feel about how the questioning of their four suspects went?

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

7. What happens with Gaines's girlfriend as Lenz and Kaiser are questioning Gaines for the first time?

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

9. How does Laveau disappear?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least four ways "Dead Sleep" would be different if the protagonist were male.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two male characters from "Dead Sleep." Possible characters include Kaiser and Lenz or Wheaton and de Becque.

Essay Topic 3

Greg Iles is a rare author who has had commercial success across multiple genres. In an essay, discuss the three greatest strengths of Iles as an author and how each of these strengths can transfer across genres in a commercially successful way.

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