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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. Where do Lenz and Kaiser first interview Gaines?

2. Kaiser and Jordan realize several of the victims have been kidnapped from ___________.

3. Who notifies the police that Laveau has disappeared?

4. Who asked Wheaton to bury his own mother?

5. Why is Wheaton upset by a phone call which he receives?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. How does Wheaton kidnap Jordan?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a well-reasoned argument discussing whether or not Jordan Glass is a good role model for young, female readers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss at least three literary devices Iles uses within the first three chapters to help the reader better understand Jordan as both a character and the protagonist. Make sure to use examples and/or quotations from the text to support your thesis.

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