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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 has been following a movie star?

2. Who is concerned how Alex maintains a normal life despite her job?

3. What is Alex NOT distracted by?

4. Isabella's most recent boyfriend is named what?

5. Alex decides to assign her case to another prosecutor called what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ellen.

2. Why is Alex angry with Jed at the dinner?

3. Describe Anderson.

4. How does Mike dissuade Alex from believing she is an intended murder victim?

5. Describe Isabella.

6. Describe Jed.

7. Alex needs distraction from thinking about what?

8. How did Isabella meet Jed?

9. Describe Alex's first interview with Ellen.

10. What is Alex's love story about the island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Alex. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jed's character, comparing and contrasting him with Mike and David.

Essay Topic 3

Both Alex and Mike are important characters.

Part 1) Compare Alex to Mike. How are these two characters similar and how are they different?

Part 2) What psychological purpose or insight does Alex offer? Elaborate on this.

Part 3) Alex offers to examine the past of the murder suspects. What is implied in this decision and how does it reveal that the murder motive is connected to the past of the murderer and not the present circumstances alone?

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