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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Murdock Hotel?
(a) The name of the new hotel in Paris that Spencer is working on.
(b) The hotel that Dr. Shields brings all his women to in the Cayman Islands.
(c) The name of Regan's home.
(d) The name of the hotel in Melbourne.

2. What happens when the uniform cop enters the warehouse?
(a) He is killed in the gunfight.
(b) The undercover cop opens fire on him.
(c) He is handcuffed by the twins.
(d) He recognizes the other cop and blows his cover.

3. The killer knows that Regan and her friends are going to the Liam House Conference Center. How does the killer know where Regan and her friends are going?
(a) The killer follows Regan's car to the convention center.
(b) The killer hears the valets asking about the location of the convention center.
(c) The killer read an article in the newspaper about Regan attending the seminar.
(d) The killer is attending Dr. Shields' seminar at the convention center.

4. Why does Regan's knee hurt?
(a) Regan was in a car accident when she was a child.
(b) Regan hurt her knee in a charity baseball game.
(c) Regan hurt her knee running on the new track at the hotel.
(d) Regan hurt her knee running in the park.

5. What does Dr. Shields want the group to do with their "murder lists?"
(a) Keep them and put them on their refrigerators at home.
(b) Keep them and laminate them to be carried in their purses.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Tape them to their desks at work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Alec receive on the phone when he returns from Boston?

2. While Wincott is talking to Regan in the coffee room, who does Alec call?

3. When Regan tells Sophie and Cordie about the man chasing her in the parking garage, what do Regan's friends suggest she do?

4. What is Alec's hiding place during the drug bust?

5. Who does Regan talk to about her day at kindergarten?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alec not want to be Regan's bodyguard for three weeks?

2. In Chapter 27 at the party for the high school artists, who do you think is the uninvited guest and what does he want with Regan? It could be several people. Give your answer and explain.

3. Why does Sophie really want to get involved with the Mary Coolidge case?

4. What is Regan's hotel suite a symbol of in this story? Why do the girls return back to the suite after they reported the incident in the parking garage to the police? Why do they change their original plans to go to dinner?

5. What does the sketch artist think about the image of the killer?

6. In Chapter 19, Wincott tells Alec that Sweeney kept a diary. What does the diary say? Why is this information important? Does any of this connect to Regan? Why or why not?

7. When the killer arrives home after chasing Regan in the garage, he feels that he has failed, but knows that the "beast" would never let him get caught. Discuss the "beast" as if it were a separate character, as the killer believes. What powers does the "beast" have over the killer?

8. When Regan's knee gives out, what happens in the mind of the killer?

9. During the drug bust in Chapter 6, a uniformed officer appears on the scene to give the twin drug dealers a parking ticket. What happens in the warehouse? What do you think will happen to the officer? Will he be in trouble for this action? Why?

10. Why does the author think it is important to introduce the characters as children? How do you think this plot device will help later in the story?

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