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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. Quim dies by what method?

2. What is the doctor's first name?

3. What was the woman's relationship to the deceased?

4. What is the name of the bar where Eve used to hang out with her friends?

5. What is Quim's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the play take place? How is Dallas connected to the theater?

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

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

4. Who calls Eve at Central asking for a meeting? What is the person's connection to the cop?

5. How is the scene preserved for investigation? Who assists Dallas?

6. Was Quim involved in the murder of Richard Draco? Does he have any inside information? Explain.

7. What about the play is shocking to Dallas?

8. Who is Draco's understudy for the play? How does he feel about Draco?

9. Who is the main character in the story, what does she do for a living, where does she work and when does the story take place?

10. Who greets Eve when she arrives home? What is the relationship between this person and Eve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters, plots, settings, and outcomes of the stories woven into WITNESS IN DEATH. Use the scenarios in "Witness for the Prosecution" plus the storyline in WITNESS IN DEATH for comparison. How do the story lines differ? What is the conclusion of each story? How does Roberts write differently from Agatha Christie? Compare the styles of the two authors and add in your own commentary and opinion.

Essay Topic 2

There is a special relationship between Captain Ryan Feeney 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? How often do Feeney and Dallas work together? Who has rank? Does rank ever interfere with their personal or professional lives? How does Feeney get along with Roarke? How might the relationship change if one of them were to be transferred?

Essay Topic 3

Examine J.D. Robb's Eve Dallas series. How many books are there? Write a character profile of Eve Dallas. Discuss how the character has progressed and evolved throughout the series. Where might Dallas go next? Will Dallas ever shed the horror of her past? Will Dallas ever get used to having people in her life that love her? How might her relationships with Roarke, Peabody and the others change in future books?

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