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

2. For whom does Elizabeth have two plane tickets to Africa?
(a) Lisa and Shauna.
(b) Hoyt and Kim.
(c) Herself and Shauna.
(d) Herself and David.

3. On the night of the attack on them at Lake Charmaine, what does Elizabeth think happens to David ?
(a) She thinks he drowned.
(b) She thinks Griffin Scope's thugs kidnap him.
(c) She thinks he is shot.
(d) She thinks he has left her for another woman.

4. Which of the following is not a reason Hester quits her job as David's attorney?
(a) David's flight from the police makes him look guilty.
(b) David's run and seeming guilt will taint the jury pool.
(c) For the publicity it will bring.
(d) David's flight ruins Hester's credibility with the DA.

5. What diversion does Tyrese create in Chapter Twenty-Six to get police attention off David?
(a) He rings a fire alarm.
(b) He fires his gun.
(c) He sets off a burglar alarm.
(d) He crashes a car into a store window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news report does Elizabeth see at the airport?

2. When David asks Shauna to help document his alibi for his whereabouts on the night of Rebecca Schayes's murder, who does he think people at the place he was at on that night will remember seeing with him?

3. How does Tyrese get David into Peter Flannery's office quickly?

4. Which of the following is not a discrepancy Carlson finds in Elizabeth's autopsy file in Chapter Thirty-Three?

5. What problem does Mark develop in Chapter Twenty-Two because of the tension between Linda and Shauna?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What proposal does Hester make to District Attorney Lance Fein for clearing David of all charges?

3. What plans does Elizabeth have for herself and David in Chapter Twenty-Nine?

4. Why does Hester quit in Chapter Twenty-Four?

5. Who is Lisa Sherman?

6. To whom does Elizabeth first show herself publicly, and what message does she give that person to give David?

7. What discrepancies does Carlson find in Elizabeth's autopsy file?

8. Who do Gandle and Wu kidnap in Chapter Forty-Two and how does this affect David?

9. What does Tyrese give David in Chapter Twenty-Three and what does this foreshadow?

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

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