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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 Regan asks for directions back to the starting area, what does the other person tell her?
(a) She must turn around and follow her footsteps back to where she started.
(b) She will have to go all the way around the park to get back to the start.
(c) To tie her shoes.
(d) There's a short cut through the middle of the park.

2. Once at the ravine, the killer is trying to find Regan, but can't. Who bursts through the trees coming at the killer?
(a) Cordie.
(b) Wincott.
(c) Alec.
(d) Sophie.

3. When the killer is looking for Regan in the ravine, he hears someone approaching. What does the killer do?
(a) Turns and fires at the approaching person.
(b) Jumps in the ravine and hides himself.
(c) Hides behind the rock wall.
(d) Falls into the ravine and dies.

4. Before their romantic evening, how does Regan view Alec?
(a) As bossy and controlling.
(b) As a stranger.
(c) As a sloppy cop.
(d) As a good cop and her protector.

5. During the argument with her brothers, Regan is angry when she discovers that her brothers want to pay Emerson a settlement. Regan says Emerson cheated on their mother. What do the brothers tell Regan about their mother?
(a) Their mother was heartbroken.
(b) Their mother cheated on Emerson, too.
(c) Emerson stole all of their mother's money.
(d) Their mother stole all of Emerson's money.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alec hears the gunshots in the park, who pleads with him not to go?

2. When Nina Gage is watching the news bulletin on TV, who knocks on the door?

3. When Alec and Regan are on the airplane together, where are they going?

4. Before the race, what does Regan reveal about her feelings for Alec?

5. When the killer thinks Regan is in the ravine, what does he do to scare her out of hiding?

Short Essay Questions

1. The morning after Alec and Regan's night together, Regan is called into Spencer's office and a discussion ensues. Regan is stronger and more forthright with her brothers. Why?

2. When the killer is chasing Regan through the park, he hears someone calling her name and he realizes that he is running out of time and won't be able to tell Regan why he is killing her. Why does he want to tell her that?

3. 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?

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

5. In Chapter 34 when Alec and Regan return to Regan's hotel suite, it is clear that things are heating up between them. When Alec says the relationship is a mess, why is Regan hurt?

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

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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