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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what does David fall in Chapter Twenty-Five while evading the police?
(a) A cellar.
(b) An abandoned well.
(c) A ditch.
(d) A manhole.

2. How does Eric Wu say his mother died?
(a) She was hanged as a spy.
(b) She had a stroke.
(c) He poisoned her.
(d) She drowned.

3. Why is getting bailed out of jail by midnight unacceptable to David in Chapter Twenty-Four?
(a) He doesn't think he can handle being in jail at all.
(b) He has a critically ill patient who needs surgery before then.
(c) He will miss his meeting with Elizabeth at five o'clock.
(d) He doesn't have the money for bail.

4. Why did Hoyt decide to make it appear that Elizabeth was dead after the attack on her at Lake Charmaine?
(a) To collect money from Griffin Scope for her death.
(b) To collect money from her life insurance company.
(c) To get her away from David.
(d) To stop Griffin Scope from hurting others to find her.

5. What alias does Elizabeth use in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
(a) Lisa Sherman.
(b) Tammie McNamara.
(c) Sheila Evans.
(d) Jamie Coy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diversion does Tyrese create in Chapter Twenty-Six to get police attention off David?

2. How much does David have to pay the old woman with a gun in Chapter Twenty-Five to use her phone?

3. Where is a strand of Rebecca Schayes's hair found, implicating David in her murder?

4. Who shouts "Himmler likes tuna steak" several times at David?

5. For whom does Elizabeth have two plane tickets to Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does David call for help in Chapter Twenty-Five and how does that person help him?

2. Whose body was identified as Elizabeth's and what discrepancies does Shauna note in the autopsy report to convince her that the body was not Elizabeth's?

3. Who is Melvin Bartola and what is his tie to Elizabeth and to David?

4. What incriminating actions does David take in Chapter Twenty-Four to evade arrest?

5. What was Hoyt's role on the night of Elizabeth's supposed murder at Lake Charmaine and in her hiding out for the next eight years?

6. Why does Carlson start to doubt David's guilt in Rebecca murder?

7. When Hester calls David to alert him of his impending arrest, why doesn't David want to surrender?

8. What secret does David reveal to Elizabeth in the last chapter of the novel and how surprised is Elizabeth by his revelation?

9. What reason does Stone give Carlson for leaving Elizabeth's murder alone and who may have influenced this decision?

10. In Chapter Thirty-Four, why does Elizabeth decide she can't leave New York?

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