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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 in charge of homicide in Manhattan?

2. What does Princess say Tanner must provide for her in order for her to marry him?

3. How many of her paintings did Diane find hanging in her honeymoon suite?

4. What is the name of Gary Reynolds' friend that delivers the news that he has died to his sister?

5. What does Princess tell Tanner she is doing in a letter she gives him in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Diane react when she is asked to choose a suit for her husband to be buried in?

2. What do the two French policemen say to the superintendent of the Eiffel Tower regarding Mark Harris?

3. What do the New York detectives discover regarding a link between the murders deemed suicides in Berlin, Paris and Denver?

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

5. What does Kelly do with her dog before leaving for New York?

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

7. What happens when Andrew proposes to Princess?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the nature of Prima's role in the book. What is telling of the presence this object has in the book based on its mention in the Prologue?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Tanner and Andrew Kingsley in the book. What is telling about the nature of these two characters based on their different views for KIG?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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