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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. When Anna finds a single message in her inbox that has a blank subject line and the sender's name in bold, which member of the Russell family is the named sender?
(a) George.
(b) Ethan.
(c) Jane.
(d) Alistair.

2. Whom does Bina name as the person who must be the murderer?
(a) Alistair.
(b) David.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Jane.

3. What reason does Anna give for stopping herself when she starts to drink the bottle of wine after eating a sandwich and drinking a juice box inside the wrecked car?
(a) Wine will dehydrate her.
(b) She needs a clear head.
(c) She will end her period of sobriety.
(d) She may need to drive to get help.

4. How does Anna gain entry to David's studio when she knocks and he does not answer?
(a) She calls a locksmith.
(b) She walks in the unlocked door.
(c) She asks his landlord for the key.
(d) She uses her key.

5. What reason does Lizzie give Anna for her abrupt departure from the Agora during their previous conversation?
(a) Her kids had come to visit.
(b) Her internet went down.
(c) There had been a fire drill in her building.
(d) She had become too emotionally overwrought by Anna's story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic of the email she receives from a member of the Russell family does Anna judge as evidence that the stated sender had not been the real sender?

2. How often does Anna suggest to Lizzie that Lizzie should have a handyman visit her home?

3. When Anna is finally alone after her arriving home from her encounter with the second Jane Russell, she pours the water in her glass down the sink and instead fills it with what liquid?

4. What causes the windshield of the wrecked car to collapse so many hours after the crash?

5. When David reveals to Anna that he has spent time in jail, of what crime does he say he had been convicted?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wesley describe his feelings about Anna when he calls her back?

2. What is Anna's reason for noting that when the Russells again open their blinds, their living room is spotless and the lamps are "like guardsmen"? (200)

3. How does the author ensure that the audience realizes the difference between the first Jane Russell, with whom Anna has formed a friendship, and the second Jane Russell, who is introduced to her at the request of the detectives?

4. What major revelation about her own recent behavior does Anna have when Ed asks her what is going on in the rest of the neighborhood?

5. Before Anna is caught snooping in David's studio during his absence, what realization does she have about twenty-first century homes and the clues they offer to their inhabitants' personalities?

6. What methods does Anna consider when she wants to get a hold of Ethan and does not know how to proceed and why would none of her considered methods work?

7. What behaviors does Anna display that demonstrate her familiarity with checking for signs a person may be lying and from what source does this familiarity originate?

8. What does Anna say are the tricks she must use while venturing outside?

9. What possibility regarding the mystery of Jane does Ed bring up that Anna shoots down and what is her reason for doing so?

10. What does Anna see on David's bedside table that she considers a clue to a link between David and the woman she knows as Jane?

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