Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Regan sees the name of Haley Cross on "Our Murder List," what does she want to do?
2. Before their romantic evening, how does Regan view Alec?
3. In the park after everything is over, what does Regan ask Alec?
4. In the end, will there be a trial?
5. When Henry finds the letter from the killer, what is the letter written on?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. When Alec hears the gunshots in the park he runs in the direction of the noise. Why does Wincott want him to stop?
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. 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?
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. In the end, the reader is clear as to why Eric Gage wanted to kill Regan, but will Regan ever be sure? Will she ever know the complete story? Why or why not?
7. Where will Alec and Regan live when they move to Boston and what will Regan do for a living?
8. Why does the killer want to prolong Regan's death? Why does he want her to suffer?
9. At the end of the novel, what is the final event that shows how much Regan is loved by her brother Aiden?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Dr. Shields asked the participants of his program to write down a "murder list." Cordie, Sophie, and Regan all wrote different things. What does each girl write and how are they different? Why does Regan feel like a fool when she realizes she is the only one to use real names? Do you think other people in the room used real names?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Regan's computer, fax machine, and cell phone as separate entities called the technology character. They seem to almost have a personality of their own. What information do they provide in the story that keeps the story moving along? What cryptic information does Melissa, the computer technician, deliver to move the story along? Why is it important when Regan finds the computer on and Melissa finds other people in the "loop?" How would this story have been different without this technology, especially the cell phone?
|
This section contains 1,056 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
