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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 is the name of the new person in the Medical Examiner's office?

2. What is the doctor's first name?

3. What year is it in the story?

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

5. What does the man do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the general opinion of Draco?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Roarke stays on the straight and narrow for the most part although he is willing to step over the line if it will help Eve and her murder investigations. How does Roarke assist? Does Eve know about the illegal activity? Does she approve? What is the "unregistered?" How does it aid the investigations? What are Roarke's specialties? Who else knows about Roarke's special skills? How do the other cops feel about Roarke? Has Roarke's place in Eve's life ever hindered her work? Explain.

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