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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 does Gaines feel about Thalia Laveau?

2. What item does Jordan move closer to her while Wheaton is out of the room?

3. How willing is Gaines to cooperate with Lenz and Kaiser during his initial interview?

4. What does Wheaton actually inject into Jordan?

5. Where do Lenz and Kaiser first interview Gaines?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wheaton kidnap Jordan?

2. How does Jordan react to the news that the victim whose body has been found was raped?

3. What does Smith confess to Jordan about why he and Wheaton have heated arguments?

4. Why does Glass claim to know who Jordan is when she walks in during his interview with Frank and Lenz?

5. What kind of relationship did Wheaton have with his mother?

6. What does Wendy do when she realizes that there is a man with a gun during her walk with Jordan?

7. How does Jordan feel about Laveau while she is talking to her about the murders?

8. What happens with Gaines's girlfriend as Lenz and Kaiser are questioning Gaines for the first time?

9. How do Jordan, Kaiser, Baxter, and Bowles feel about how the questioning of their four suspects went?

10. What does Jordan realize about Wheaton when she wakes up in the bathtub?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Jordan and Jill. Using direct evidence from the text, make sure to address the following: 1) what their relationship has been like historically, 2) what their relationship is like by the time the novel concludes, and 3) what the reader learns about these two characters through their interactions with each other.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two male characters from "Dead Sleep." Possible characters include Kaiser and Lenz or Wheaton and de Becque.

Essay Topic 3

Write a well-reasoned argument discussing whether or not Jordan Glass is a good role model for young, female readers.

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