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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 does Alex see that belongs to Isabella in the kitchen?

2. Isabella wanted to use what of Alex's?

3. Where is Alex's boyfriend?

4. What does the strange man tell Alex that he is?

5. Alexandra Cooper is reading a "mock up" of what front page that includes the story of Alex's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mike.

2. Describe Richard.

3. Describe Jed.

4. What is Alex's love story about the island?

5. How did Isabella meet Jed?

6. What do the police think of Isabella's murder initially?

7. Describe Alex's first interview with Ellen.

8. Why does Alex work as a prosecutor?

9. What did Isabella say that Alex now regrets not taking seriously?

10. Why is Alex agitated about Jed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Alex's motivation and reasons for paying close attention to the letters. What do they reveal about the murderer?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Alex. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of women in New York in the 1990s when the women in the stories are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do the have? What freedoms do they have that 21st century women do not have, if any?

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