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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. Who comes to assist Eve when she awakens after a nightmare about her abusive childhood in Chapter 12?

2. When Eve shows up to stakeout the place she thinks Jerry Fitzgerald will go after her release from jail, who is hiding in the bushes with Peabody?

3. What startling fact from her childhood does Eve remember at the end of Chapter 12?

4. Why does Justin hate the person against whom he wants to testify?

5. What is Hetta Moppett's tie to the murders Eve is investigating?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eve deliberately provoke Jerry Fitzgerald into assaulting her with a glass of champagne?

2. Why does Eve think she should be arrested for murder in Chapter 13 and what does Dr. Mira help her to realize about the killing that so distresses her?

3. Describe how Eve interrogates the three suspects who were at Pandora's house on the night of Pandora's murder.

4. What happens between Peabody and Casto in Chapter 13 and what does Eve think of the change in her coworkers' relationship?

5. Why does Casto want Jerry charged with Pandora's murder?

6. Why does Eve agree to a makeover?

7. Why doesn't Eve charge Jerry with Pandora's murder once Jerry admits to hating Pandora and wanting her dead?

8. How does Jerry become addicted to Immortality?

9. What clears Mavis of murder charges in Chapter 16?

10. Who does Casto believe is responsible for Pandora's murder and why doesn't Eve agree with his theory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eve feels intuitively during the novel that certain characters are innocent and that certain characters can't be trusted yet her intuition isn't something she can prove in a court of law. She needs physical evidence to prove the guilt or innocence of the suspects in the murder cases she investigates. Discuss the role of intuition and the role of science in Eve's homicide investigations. How do the two methods of approaching a case sometimes conflict with each other and how do they sometimes complement each other? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the relationships of Mavis and Leonardo, Justin and Jerry, and Peabody and Casto. Do either of the secondary characters' romances mirror that of Eve and Roarke? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the novel's theme of getting too personally involved in a situation. Include a discussion of the danger Eve faces of getting too personally involved in the investigation of Pandora's murder when her friend Mavis is charged with the crime, a discussion of how Commander Whitney got too personally involved in a previous case, and how Peabody becomes too personally involved with Casto during the murder investigation to see his true character. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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