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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 does Crack tell Eve the unknown drug blend on the streets is called?

2. Where does Eve think Jerry Fitzgerald will go once she's released from jail?

3. How does Paul Redford's attorney attend Eve's interview of Redford at the beginning of Chapter 15?

4. Why does Eve say she can't be a cop any more or marry Roarke, and that she should be arrested?

5. Which East End club does Eve visit at the beginning of Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Casto want Jerry charged with Pandora's murder?

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

3. What does Eve learn in Chapter 15 about Paul Redford's involvement with the drug Immortality?

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

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

6. How does Jerry become addicted to Immortality?

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

8. What is Roarke's reaction to Casto when meeting him and how does his opinion of Casto compare to Eve's?

9. Why doesn't Eve charge Jerry with Pandora's murder once Jerry admits to hating Pandora and wanting her dead?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the childhoods of Roarke and Eve. How do their childhood histories impact their present relationship? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

While Eve is a homicide detective, her fiancé Roarke is one of the richest men in the world. Discuss how Roarke's wealth affects his relationship with Eve and Eve's police investigations. What theme(s) or lesson(s) do you think the author is trying to convey through her depiction of Roarke's wealth and Eve's lack of wealth in 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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