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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 detective's aide?

2. What is the name of Eve's friend and news reporter?

3. What year is it in the story?

4. What does Eve experience later that night?

5. What does Eve plan to visit after dinner has ended?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Peabody's snap judgment about Quim? How does Eve react? What confirms Eve's instinct?

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

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

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 2

Assuming Dr. Mira's point of view, analyze the situation between Areena and Draco. What would Mira say about Draco's incestuous relationship? Was Draco perverted, mentally ill, or something else? What would the terminology be from a psychiatrist's point of view? What kind of treatment might Draco have benefited from before the situation got out of hand? Is the behavior something that can be "cured?" If so, how? If not, what else can be done?

Essay Topic 3

WITNESS IN DEATH is staged in New York City in 2059. Examine why Robb chose to set the story in that particular location and time period. What are the biggest telltale signs that the story takes place in the future? What items are present in the story that are not currently invented or in common usage in today's world? Do you think the situations, events, equipment, etc. are feasible and realistic for 2059? Explain. What else might be added to the story to make it seem even more futuristic? Are there any elements that seem out of place? Explain.

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