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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. As Nina Gage watches the news bulletin on TV, what is her main concern?
(a) That the mission was accomplished and Regan is dead.
(b) Who the person is who was put into the ambulance.
(c) If they took her husband's gun when they arrested him.
(d) That her husband is dead.

2. What does Nina Gage do at the end of Chapter 51?
(a) She answered the door and let the police in.
(b) She shot a policeman.
(c) She killed herself with the gun.
(d) She had a heart attack.

3. When Nina Gage is watching the news bulletin on TV, who knocks on the door?
(a) The police.
(b) Alec.
(c) Regan.
(d) Eric Gage.

4. What new jewelry is Regan sporting at the end of the book?
(a) A new necklace.
(b) A wedding band.
(c) An engagement ring.
(d) A set of pearl earrings.

5. When the killer is chasing Regan in the park, what does he hear in the distance?
(a) A gunshot.
(b) Other people talking.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Someone calling her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the witness say about the car accident that Walker was involved in?

2. What do Alec and Regan agree on before Alec leaves the hotel after their romantic evening?

3. When the killer can't find Regan in the park, why is he panicked? What does he want to tell Regan?

4. When the killer is looking for Regan in the ravine, he hears someone approaching. What does the killer do?

5. What does the killer yell to Regan when she looks up and recognizes him across the ravine?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Peter Morris calls Regan on the phone from the bar, he tells Regan about the role Emily played in everything that has happened. What information does he reveal? What leads the police to believe Morris is the killer?

2. At the end of the novel, what is the final event that shows how much Regan is loved by her brother Aiden?

3. When Alec and Regan are flying to Boston for Regan to meet Alec's family, why does she tell him about her first day at kindergarten and the bully and the barrettes?

4. As Nina watches the news bulletin on TV she sees the body of Eric being loaded into the ambulance, but is unmoved. What is Nina waiting to hear or see, and why?

5. After Regan and her brothers argue in Spencer's office there is an air of joking or kidding around afterward. What breaks the ice? Will it continue?

6. At the hospital fundraiser, Alec makes the connection and figures out who Sophie Rose's father is. Who is Sophie's father and why does this relationship make Alec uncomfortable?

7. Alec is trying to get to Regan before the killer does. But, Alec has two reasons he needs to save Regan. What are they?

8. Where will Alec and Regan live when they move to Boston and what will Regan do for a living?

9. When Alec hears the gunshots in the park he runs in the direction of the noise. Why does Wincott want him to stop?

10. After making love in Chapter 35, Alec gets up to go to the bathroom. What does Regan think and why? How does this reaction play into Regan and her family dynamics?

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