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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 happens when Vullion goes to Ruiz's apartment?

2. When did Vullion return to Minneapolis?

3. What color is Vullion's hair?

4. Whose name does Vullion put on the order?

5. What is wrong with Vullion's car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vullion know when Annie is home?

2. What does Lucas do after shooting Vullion?

3. What news does Davenport receive about Annie McGowan?

4. What does Lucas notice when he returns from picking up the pizza?

5. What does Lucas find at Vullion's house?

6. What does Vullion do instead of going to bed?

7. How does McGowan react to the news that she is being placed under surveillance? Why?

8. What alerts Vullion to the presence of the police?

9. How does Vullion know for sure that the police are onto him?

10. What have the detectives learned about tracing Vullion's identity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Lucas and Elle. What is the common ground for friendship? How do their professional lives often interfere with their personal relationship? How does one know when a boundary has been crossed? Do the friends respect each other? How has their relationship evolved? Where might it go from here? Do you think the relationship will ever change drastically? Did Lucas' relationship with Elle help or hinder Lucas' opinion? How did it affect the case?

Essay Topic 2

Vullion had frequent flashbacks about childhood, being abused, and torturing animals. Write an essay explaining Vullion's violent and traumatic childhood. What happened to Vullion's parents? Why was she so badly abused? How did the experience change Vullion? Do you think Vullion could have overcome his childhood traumas? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Write a short story from the point of Jennifer Carey regarding her first meeting with Davenport. How did the pair become friends and eventually lovers? Does the couple have anything in common at all? If so, what? How does Carey adjust her professional life in regards to Lucas' work? How has the life of each character changed since they met?

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