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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the novel's opening line, what does the protagonist say is murder?
(a) Wearing high heeled shoes.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Navigating through New York traffic.
(d) Playing raquetball.

2. What is Paul Redford's relationship to Pandora?
(a) He is her lover and business partner.
(b) He is her landlord.
(c) He is her agent.
(d) He is her father.

3. Whose parents are Free-Agers?
(a) Mavis's.
(b) Peabody's.
(c) Leonardo's.
(d) Roarke's.

4. What does Eve observe on Mavis's hand during their call?
(a) Blood.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) A bandage.
(d) A mole.

5. What does Pandora threaten to do to Leonardo in Chapter 2 when she finds him with Eve and Mavis?
(a) Ruin his designs.
(b) Sue Leonardo.
(c) Shoot Eve and Mavis.
(d) Withdraw her support of his runway show.

6. What kind of childhood has Eve had?
(a) One of illness and frequent hospitalization.
(b) One filled with poverty.
(c) Happy and prosperous.
(d) Miserable and abusive.

7. What kind of domestic staff does Pandora employ?
(a) A housekeeper and a butler.
(b) A housekeeper only.
(c) Maids and a housekeeper.
(d) Domestic droids.

8. What do the security videos at Club Zigzag reveal about Mavis on the night of Pandora's murder that point to her possible guilt in the crime?
(a) She was there with Pandora.
(b) She and Pandora fought there.
(c) She was not there at the time she testified she was.
(d) In the club, her neck was scratched but not her face.

9. What is Mavis's attitude about the media attention her arrest is bringing her?
(a) She thinks it will help her career.
(b) She hates it and becomes tearful when it's mentioned.
(c) She wants her lawyers to use the media for her defense.
(d) She plans to ignore it and hope it goes away.

10. What are the results of the lab report from Pandora's apartment?
(a) The fingerprint and blood evidence is of someone unknown.
(b) There is no blood or fingerprint evidence. It was wiped clean.
(c) The evidence proves Leonardo was present at the scene.
(d) The only skin, fingerprints, and blood at the scene are Mavis's.

11. Who accompanies Eve to Leonardo's apartment to assist Mavis?
(a) Roarke.
(b) Summerset.
(c) Peabody.
(d) Feeney.

12. Who is Summerset?
(a) Eve's coworker.
(b) Roarke's father.
(c) Roarke's valet.
(d) Mavis's boyfriend.

13. Which of the following statements does not describe Boomer's room?
(a) Pristine, swept, and mopped.
(b) Dirty laundry and linens everywhere.
(c) A hot room with a single locked window.
(d) Empty fast-food boxes everywhere.

14. Why does Mavis want Leonardo to meet with Eve?
(a) So he can tell Eve what he knows about Pandora's murder.
(b) So Eve can explain to him Mavis's legal situation.
(c) So he can give Eve love letters to relay to Mavis.
(d) So he can fit Eve's wedding dress to her.

15. Who goes with Eve to Boomer's flophouse at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Peabody.
(b) Feeney.
(c) Roarke.
(d) Commander Whitney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe Eve's fiance Roarke?

2. Why does Mavis make an audiovisual uplink call to Eve in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. Who broke Eve's arm when she was a child?

4. What does Eve use to locate Roarke's whereabouts in the apartment at the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. Which of the following statements is not a reason Mavis so cheerful at the beginning of Chapter 8, despite her recent arrest?

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