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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. At what television station does the reporter work?

2. Eve leaves her office to have a meeting with whom?

3. What is the name of the doctor who helps Eve at the scene?

4. What caused Eve to remember the scene?

5. What is another term used for television?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Dallas meet with Nadine? What is the purpose of the meeting?

2. What does Eve do when she arrives at work in the morning? What does she find in her office?

3. Who is the victim? How is he killed?

4. What is the murder weapon and where is it found?

5. What about the play is shocking to Dallas?

6. Eve leaves her office to attend another meeting. Who is the meeting with and what is the purpose?

7. What is Eve's advice to Nadine? Will Nadine comply?

8. Discuss the meeting between Quim and Draco's killer. What is the end result?

9. What is the general opinion of Draco?

10. What game do Eve and Roarke play after she finishes chastising him about giving information to Feeney? Who wins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the role of Linus Quim in the story. Write out Quim's part in the murder as well as his immediate plans. Use the same background information to rewrite Quim's story. What might have happened if Quim had not attempted to blackmail Areena? What if Eve had not known about or interviewed Jorgensen? Would Quim's death have been ruled a suicide? What other character might have been in the same position as Quim?

Essay Topic 2

There is a special relationship between Dr. Charlotte Mira and Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Examine the relationship. What makes it special? How did the two meet? What are details of the professional and personal relationships? Are the feelings mutual? Has Dallas ever been a patient of Mira's? What kinds of things do they discuss when not talking about work? How often do Mira and Dallas work together? Does the work ever interfere with their personal lives? How does Mira get along with Roarke?

Essay Topic 3

Areena Mansfield drugged Linus Quim. After Quim was docile, Areena forced him to write a note of confession and then hang himself. Examine Areena's plan. Would the plan actually work? What drug was used to incapacitate Quim? Does the drug really exist? What is its medicinal purpose? What was it used for in the story? Are the effects of the drug accurate as portrayed in the story? Can the drug kill someone? How does it override a person's sense of survival? How else might Areena have killed Quim while making it look like a suicide?

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