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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. Whose public breakup does Nadine Furst report to Eve in the parking garage?

2. How does Redford initially explain the three hundred thousand dollars he gave Pandora?

3. Who has leaked information about the murder investigation to Channel 75 news reporter Nadine Furst?

4. Which of the following people do not attend the girls' bachelor party held for Eve?

5. About what does Crack tease Eve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Casto believe is responsible for Pandora's murder and why doesn't Eve agree with his theory?

2. Why does Eve deliberately provoke Jerry Fitzgerald into assaulting her with a glass of champagne?

3. Who is Dr. Engrave and what does Dr. Engrave reveal about the origin of the drug Immortality?

4. What happens between Peabody and Casto in Chapter 13 and what does Eve think of the change in her coworkers' relationship?

5. Describe how Eve interrogates the three suspects who were at Pandora's house on the night of Pandora's murder.

6. Why does Eve agree to a makeover?

7. What information does Eve learn from Crack, the owner of the Down and Dirty Club, about the new drug blend on the streets?

8. Why does Eve go to the media about Pandora's murder and why does she go to Nadine Furst?

9. Why is Eve suspicious of Paul Redford and desirous of interrogating him a second time in Chapter 14?

10. What does Jerry Fitzgerald's blue health drink contain and how does this ingredient relate to Pandora's murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Eve's relationship with Summerset and how it changes or grows during the course of the novel. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Although this novel is primarily a mystery, it contains a romance subplot and a subplot about the heroine's struggle to deal with the memories of the abuse she suffered as a child, and a subplot about the heroine's friendship with Mavis. Discuss how each of the subplots relate to the main plot and how they deepen the characterization of the heroine and depict her growth throughout the course of the novel. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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