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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. The investigators have dusted for what?

2. Mike and Alex decide to go where together to see the crime scene?

3. Alex telephones the Twentieth Precinct's Special Victims Unit where she learns that who is out for the rest of the weekend?

4. Alex watches the coverage of what on television?

5. Who has to be in court the following morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Alex agitated about Jed?

2. Describe Alex's first interview with Ellen.

3. Why does Richard come to see Alex?

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

5. What discovery do Alex and Mike make when they go to the island?

6. Why does Alex work as a prosecutor?

7. How did Isabella meet Jed?

8. Why is Alex angry with Jed at the dinner?

9. What does Alex learn when she gets to the crime scene at the house?

10. Why is Alex's name in the paper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Alex and Mike are important characters.

Part 1) Compare Alex to Mike. How are these two characters similar and how are they different?

Part 2) What psychological purpose or insight does Alex offer? Elaborate on this.

Part 3) Alex offers to examine the past of the murder suspects. What is implied in this decision and how does it reveal that the murder motive is connected to the past of the murderer and not the present circumstances alone?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two motifs about life-death-life in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jed's character, comparing and contrasting him with Mike and David.

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