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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. When Alec hears the gunshots in the park, which way does he run?

2. Why does Eric Gage leave the gun for his wife?

3. When Regan gets tired during the race, who does she ask for directions back to the starting area?

4. What does Aiden say in the hall to Alec?

5. Why is it important to Regan that she spotted the older man and the younger woman outside the custard shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. After their evening of romance, Alec leaves. What does Regan realize when Alec leaves?

2. After everyone returns to the hotel after the attack at the park, Alec keeps trying to hold Regan's hand and put his arm around her shoulder. Regan keeps moving away from Alec. Why? What are these two people thinking?

3. When the killer fires his gun into the ravine, he realizes that will not work. Why?

4. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is there a feeling of joking and love after the blow up in Spencer's office? What is Regan's ultimatum? Why does it finally work? What does Regan do differently in this discussion with her brothers?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Regan's relationship with Cordie and Sophie, then describe Cordie and Sophie's relationship with Regan's brothers. Cordie and Sophie have interesting families of their own. How does that connect with Regan's brothers? What do Regan's brothers think of Sophie's dad?

Essay Topic 3

When Regan sees the killer in the park, he yells at her to run. Why does he do that? What kind of game is the killer playing with Regan? What does the killer want time to tell Regan? Why does he need to do this?

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