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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. How many years had the Verbrugges been living in their apartment?

2. What color bikini does Kelly wear in Chapter 6?

3. How many days does Tanner have fury against Princess after their first date?

4. What does Kelly develop a fear of as a child?

5. Who do two uniformed police stare at that is now dead in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the two notes found on Richard Stevens' body reveal?

2. What happens to Gary Reynolds when he is flying a plane?

3. How is Diane and Richard's honeymoon suite described?

4. What does Tanner reveal to Diane regarding a woman named Olga in Chapter 19?

5. What happens when Andrew proposes to Princess?

6. Describe the interaction between Diane and Earl Greenburg when he visits her apartment in Chapter 1.

7. How does Kelly describe her time growing up in a boardinghouse owned by her mother?

8. What happens to Mark Harris after the men he's waiting for arrive at the observatory deck of the Eiffel Tower?

9. How is Kelly's modeling career described in Chapter 10?

10. How is the soccer game that Mark and Kelly go on for one of their first dates described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, the character Tanner Kingsley has driven forth the tension and suspense of Diane and Kelly's plight.

Part 1.) What is telling about Tanner based on his polar attitudes exhibited in public and behind closed doors?

Part 2.) In what way does Tanner exemplify the antagonist in the book?

Part 3.) What might the author be saying about the implications of having too much power based on his depiction of Tanner?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of greed in the book. What about the author's portrayal of greed suggests his feelings on the implications of acting in such a way?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of weather control in the book. What reason might the author have for bringing the readers' attention to weather control?

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