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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. Who is driving the car with the Gages in it when the car accident happens?

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

3. When the killer can't find Regan in the park, why is he panicked? What does he want to tell Regan?

4. Before their romantic evening, how does Regan view Alec?

5. When Spencer calls Regan to his office and Aiden is also there, where do the brothers want Regan to go to stay safe for a while?

Short Essay Questions

1. It is discovered that Eric Gage set up Peter Morris. How does Gage do it? What information does he have to find Peter Morris?

2. Where will Alec and Regan live when they move to Boston and what will Regan do for a living?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. In Chapter 30 when Alec and Regan are driving to the charity event, Regan asks Alec if Lewis has any plans to take men off her case. Why is Regan worried that Lewis will pull policemen off her case?

9. According to Morris when talking to Regan from the bar, who put the pictures of Sweeney on Aiden's desk? What does this tell us about Emily? How is Emily involved?

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

Describe Regan's relationship with her brothers and how it changes throughout the story. What does the killer chasing Regan have to do with her change in her behavior toward her brothers? Do her circumstances make a difference or are her changes more ties to Alec and the relationship with him?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

During the argument with her brothers, Regan realizes that she was always afraid to stand up to them because she was afraid they wouldn't love her anymore. Aiden tells Regan that she got that idea from her mother, who was never around and couldn't be bothered with the kids. How does this change everything between Regan and her brothers? What changes does Regan make immediately after the argument? What are the feelings of all three after the argument?

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