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

2. When Regan gets bored during the reception for Dr. Shields, what does she do?

3. What are Regan, Sophie, and Cordie going to do on Friday?

4. When the girls meet for lunch, what are Sophie's plans for the weekend?

5. When Regan gets a chance to think about it, who does she think killed Sweeney?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Sophie tells the other women that Dr. Shields left the island. Why are Sophie and Cordie going to stay after he already left?

4. 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?

5. When Regan and the girls attend the seminar by Dr. Shields, Regan believes there is a "plant." Who is it?

6. When the computer technician arrives, she tells Regan that the photo is showing exactly how Sweeney was found by the police. Why is this such frightening news? Who would know what Sweeney looked like when he was killed?

7. What is the significance of Aiden buying Regan a BMW?

8. Why is Henry Portman, Regan's assistant, so concerned with Peter Morris?

9. Regan is treated rudely by a sales clerk in a store. What is her reaction?

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the connections of the killer's crate (later the shoebox.) What does the killer collect? Why does the killer collect these items? Since these items would tie the killer to the victims, why would he hang on to them?

Essay Topic 2

Write about the concept of the "beast" as a separate character. Who the reader thinks the "beast" is changes throughout the story. Describe your thought process as you tried to figure out who the "beast" really was in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Alec and Regan both have their weaknesses. Alec is afraid of being involved. He likes his life uncomplicated. Regan has fear of intimacy. Discuss Regan and Alec's childhoods. How are they different? The same? How is that affecting their issues with intimacy and involvement? Or does it play a role at all?

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