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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. When Eric Gage is doing his morning chores, what does he hear behind him?
(a) The outside hose running.
(b) His wife calling him from the bedroom.
(c) A whisper.
(d) A knock at the door.

2. What does Regan do when she is running from the killer to keep him from getting in front of her?
(a) She turns and runs in a different direction.
(b) She speeds up.
(c) She hides in a shed.
(d) She hides behind a tree.

3. When the killer can't find Regan in the park, why is he panicked? What does he want to tell Regan?
(a) That he is angry because she is rich.
(b) That she looks like his wife.
(c) Why he is killing her.
(d) That he is in love with her.

4. What happens to the killer in the end?
(a) The police surround him and arrest him.
(b) Wincott shoots him in the head.
(c) Alec shoots him in the head.
(d) Regan gets his gun and shoots him in the gut.

5. What does Alec think the country club looks like?
(a) A southern river boat.
(b) One of Regan's hotels.
(c) An overdone southern plantation.
(d) An airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end, will there be a trial?

2. Who does Nina Gage see on TV that upsets her?

3. When it is clear to both Regan and Alec that they are going to sleep together, what does Alec want to make clear to Regan?

4. What direction does Alec give Regan when she needs to move around the room at the hospital charity event?

5. Where does the car accident with Walker and Eric and Nina Gage happen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the killer want to prolong Regan's death? Why does he want her to suffer?

2. After Morris is caught, Gil, Alec's old partner, is still snooping around. What does he discover that could mean that the police have arrested the wrong man?

3. Although Alec is running through the park to save Regan, Regan actually ends up saving Alec. How does this unusual twist affect the story?

4. 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?

5. It is discovered that Eric Gage set up Peter Morris. How does Gage do it? What information does he have to find Peter Morris?

6. At he hospital fundraiser, how do Cordie and Sophie intercept and keep the peace with Regan and her brothers? Do you think it is something they do all the time?

7. When Wincott tells the details of the murder of Haley, what bothers Regan the most? Why?

8. 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?

9. When it is revealed for the first time who the "beast" is, and how does that change the story?

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

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