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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. During the hospital charity event, Alec calls Wincott to check something out. What is it?

2. Once at the ravine, the killer is trying to find Regan, but can't. Who bursts through the trees coming at the killer?

3. What does the witness say about the car accident that Walker was involved in?

4. What does Alec think the country club looks like?

5. Who is right behind Alec when he gets to the park?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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. When Regan stops to tie her shoe and spots the killer in the park, he yells at her to run. Why does he do this?

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. 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?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the symbolism of the running trail at the park and the connection to this place throughout the story.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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