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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. Why does Gaines hate Frank Smith so much?

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

3. What is the person who shoots at Wendy and Jordan dressed like?

4. What does Kaiser yell at Jordan when he suddenly appears during the shooting?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kaiser confess about his failed marriage when he is in Jordan's hotel room?

2. What is surprising to Jordan about Kaiser's house?

3. How does Wheaton kidnap Jordan?

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

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

6. What does Gaines claim as he is holding people hostage?

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

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

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

10. What does Jordan realize about Wheaton when she wakes up in the bathtub?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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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