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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. Who is the first person interviewed in Chapter 4?

2. What is Peabody's first name?

3. What is the person's title as it regards to the case?

4. At what television station does the reporter work?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What event is Dallas at during the murder and what is her take on the event?

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

7. Why is Nadine worried about this matter? How could it affect Nadine's career and personal relationship with Eve?

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

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

10. Who does Dallas meet with in the beginning of Chapter 5? What information has been passed on without Eve's knowledge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Areena Mansfield/Anja Carvell is the birth mother of Carly Landsdowne as well as Michael Proctor. While Carly was given up for adoption, Michael was not. What was the difference in the scenarios? What made Areena give up Carly but keep Michael? Compare and contrast the scenarios as well as the resulting parent/child relationships. How did the decisions ultimately affect each person? Could the relationships ever be repaired? Does anyone want to try to repair the relationships? Explain.

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

Dallas feels responsible for Trueheart's injuries. Peabody becomes angry with Dallas when the Lieutenant blames herself for Trueheart's injuries and attempts to take blame. Examine Peabody's outrage. Is Peabody correct in chastising Dallas for her feelings and comments? Was it Dallas' fault? Was Peabody's argument valid? How does Dallas respond to Peabody? Is it anybody's fault if a cop is injured in the line of duty? How could the incident have been prevented? Would anyone be charged in the shooting of Officer Trueheart? Examine the motto "To Protect and Serve" as it applies to this scenario.

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