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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. Roarke announces that he is leaving to go to which location?

2. What item is supplied to Dallas by the psychiatrist?

3. What is the reason that the elderly woman poisoned her husband?

4. What item of Dallas' becomes torn?

5. What information does the reporter give to Dallas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss one of the new observations and potential angles discovered by Dallas.

3. What is Roarke's reaction to the interview? Who steps in to defend Dallas?

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

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

6. How does Dallas learn about the next murder? Who is the victim?

7. Discuss the purpose of Dallas' trip to see Mavis.

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

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

10. What is the exchange that takes place between Dallas and Chief of Police Simpson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming Dr. Mira's point of view, analyze the situation between Sharon, Catherine, and Senator De Blass. What would Mira say about the incestuous relationships? Is De Blass perverted, mentally ill, or something else? What would the terminology be from a psychiatrist's point of view? What kind of treatment might De Blass or his victims have benefited from before the situation got out of hand? Is the behavior something that can be "cured?" If so, how? If not, what else can be done?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write a short memoir that might have been written by Sharon De Blass. What types of things would Sharon be most proud of in her career? What other types of professional work might Sharon have done other than her job as a prostitute? Would the memoir include details of her relationships with her parents, Senator De Blass, Catherine, and Roarke? Would Sharon have any idea that she might be murdered for her actions? Does Sharon take any precautions against violence? Explain.

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