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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 is Casto's relationship with Boomer?

2. What does Roarke serve Eve when she comes home late in Chapter 7 after a grueling day arresting and booking Mavis?

3. Whose fashion show does Jerry Fitzgerald want to give her support to now that Pandora is dead and unable to support it?

4. What does Roarke tell Eve about the safety of space travel?

5. In what year is Immortal in Death set?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Eve terrified of marriage?

2. How does Eve's relationship with Commander Whitney foreshadow the conflict she encounters while investigating Pandora's murder in Chapter 5?

3. What conflict does Eve experience regarding Mavis while investigating Pandora's murder?

4. What physical evidence implicates Mavis in Pandora's murder and makes it necessary for Eve to arrest her friend?

5. What is the history of Roarke's relationship with Summerset?

6. Why does Eve have to treat Mavis with more aggression than a usual suspect?

7. Does Eve approach her interview of Mavis concerning Pandora's murder in Chapter 4 as a cop or as a friend and how does Mavis respond to Eve's approach?

8. Describe the condition of Boomer's apartment when Eve and Peabody investigate it.

9. What is Paul Redford's history with Pandora?

10. What is Casto's relationship with Eve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss symbolism and metaphor in Immortal in Death. Give three examples of symbolism in the plays in this book and discuss what the symbols are used to convey.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the novel's theme of getting too personally involved in a situation. Include a discussion of the danger Eve faces of getting too personally involved in the investigation of Pandora's murder when her friend Mavis is charged with the crime, a discussion of how Commander Whitney got too personally involved in a previous case, and how Peabody becomes too personally involved with Casto during the murder investigation to see his true character. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

The idea of looking younger motivates characters in Immortal in Death to take the drug Immortality. Discuss the influence of the entertainment industry in which many of the characters of the novel are involved on their desire to look perpetually young and their willingness to take addictive and potentially fatal drugs in an attempt to do so. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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