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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. According to Thalia, who abused her growing up?

3. What does the FBI team initially suspect is the relationship between Wheaton and Smith?

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

5. Where do Lenz and Kaiser first interview Gaines?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the gunman tell Jordan as he is holding her hostage?

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

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

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. What photo does Kaiser find in the gunman's apartment?

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

Present a well-reasoned paper arguing whether the reader is supposed to find Jill a likable (independent, determined young woman) character OR an unlikeable (too focused on image, standoffish with her sister) character. Make sure to use specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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

Discuss why Iles chooses to have no strong example of a loving, healthy marriage for any of the characters in "Dead Sleep."

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