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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 emotion does Roarke feel the next morning?

2. Dallas is eligible to receive which of the following?

3. Dallas receives an enlightening phone call from which character?

4. Dallas discusses suffering from which of the following issues?

5. Which of the following makes an anonymous call to Dallas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interaction does Dallas have with a reporter after the press conference is over? What disturbing event takes place?

2. What new piece of information is uncovered after Dallas watches the killer's videos once again?

3. What animal does Dallas find at the scene? Why does the animal seem important?

4. Discuss the anonymous phone call received by Dallas. What is the information received during the phone call? What is the identity of the caller?

5. Discuss the interaction between Dallas and Georgie Castle's daughter Samantha.

6. Discuss the press conference held by Chief Simpson. Where is it held? Who attends?

7. What information is uncovered using the unregistered system? How is the information important to the case?

8. Describe the next routine step that should be taken by Dallas and Feeney.

9. Examine the scene in which Roarke is interrogated regarding the weapons used in the murders.

10. What is Dallas's reaction to Feeney's search of Sharon De Blass' financial information?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine J.D. Robb's Eve Dallas series. How many books are there? Write a character profile of Eve Dallas. Discuss how the character has progressed and evolved throughout the series. Where might Dallas go next? Will Dallas ever shed the horror of her past? Will Dallas ever get used to having people in her life who love her? How might her relationships with Roarke, Peabody and the others change in future books?

Essay Topic 2

Dallas and Whitney have an interesting professional relationship. Although Whitney is Dallas' commander, it is clear that he also respects her as a cop and as a person. Dallas feels the same way about Whitney. Explain how the mutual admiration benefits their working relationship. Explore how Whitney's style of leadership has helped Dallas form her own style. What are the similarities? Despite Dallas' rage over the incident with Simpson, she manages to keep relatively cool. How is that possible? Is it out of respect for Whitney, because of her position on the force or something else? How does Whitney react to the news about Simpson? What is Whitney's background and how does it compare to Dallas' background?

Essay Topic 3

Dallas has frequent and violent nightmares about her father, being abused, and the hotel room in Dallas. Write an essay explaining Dallas' violent and traumatic childhood. What happens to Dallas' parents? Why is she so badly abused? Who ends up raising Dallas? What is the girl's real name? How does the experience change Eve? How do the circumstances affect her in the De Blass case? Do you think Dallas is able to overcome her childhood traumas? Explain. How could she stop the nightmares?

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