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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. What does Eve find at Draco's apartment?

2. What is the name of the person who would benefit the most from Draco's death?

3. Just before Quim dies, he thinks about which one of these places?

4. Who is the head of the Electronic Detective Division (EDD)?

5. Who is chastised for making snap judgments about Quim's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the collective opinion of Dallas and Peabody on the understudy's involvement in the murder?

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

3. Who is the next murder victim? Where does the victim work? What does he do?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is Quim found? By whom? Who is the first person on the scene after the one who finds Quim?

10. Who is the first person to be interviewed by Dallas? What part does the actress have in the play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write a short story from the point of Mavis Freestone regarding her first meeting with Dallas. How did the two women become friends? Do the women have anything in common at all? If so, what? How does Mavis fit in to Dallas' new life with Roarke? How has the life of each character changed since they met?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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