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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. How does the killer send the FBI messages?

2. What is the nickname for the Mobile Digital Command Post?

3. What does Miles call the killer?

4. Who has an outstanding drug charge hanging over his head?

5. What does Miles tell Harper when Harper is heading out to catch a plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harper react to Drewe telling him that Erin and Patrick are having marital problems? Why?

2. According to Harper, what is a "thread"? What does "lurking" mean? What does he help the FBI understand about EROS?

3. How does Harper Cole become involved in EROS?

4. Why is the FBI going to the apartment of David Strobekker?

5. What does Harper tell Dr. Lenz about his relationship with Erin? Why?

6. What do Miles, Harper, and Drewe figure out about the killer and his murders?

7. What makes Harper realize there is a connection between Karin Wheat's murder and other EROS members?

8. Why is Harper taken to New Orleans for questioning?

9. Why does the FBI want to arrest Miles? What does this mean for Harper?

10. How does Harper discover that the killer has access to multiple accounts and passwords? How did the killer gain access to them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the FBI storm David Strobekker's apartment? What do they find? Combined with the letter from the killer after that incident, does it seem likely that the FBI is getting closer to catching the killer? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

As their plan to draw the killer in with a persona named "Erin" unfolds, how do Miles and Harper each feel about it? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Drewe's family and the relationship between her and Harper, her and Erin, and Harper and Erin. How do these relationships shape the story?

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