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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sends the message "The dry earth awaits the rain" on EROS?
(a) Dr. Lenz, posing as Lilith.
(b) The killer, posing as Maxwell.
(c) Harper, posing as Erin.
(d) Miles, posing as Eleanor.

2. Who sends the message "I am the rain" on EROS?
(a) Dr. Lenz, posing as Lilith.
(b) Miles, posing as Eleanor.
(c) Harper, posing as Erin.
(d) The killer, posing as Maxwell.

3. What does Harper do to create a makeshift bomb in the office?
(a) None of these.
(b) He loads a laser jet printer cartridge with gun powder, uses a wire from his guitar, and reprograms the keyboard so any key prompts the print command.
(c) He fills a pvc tube with gun powder, using guitar wire and lighter fluid to prepare it.
(d) He loads a laser jet printer cartridge with gun powder and places it by the door, ready to shoot it when necessary.

4. What does Drewe call and ask Harper to do while she is staying at her parents' house?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Do not attend Erin's funeral.
(c) Do not contact her.
(d) Neither of these.

5. What do Harper and Miles turn to with the hope that someone can monitor police or FBI communications?
(a) The police scanner.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The ham radio network.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Drewe and Harper find outside their door when they run out of the farmhouse?

2. Who kills the killer in the end?

3. What does Harper call and tell Dr. Lenz after reviewing the killer's recording?

4. What does Harper want Dr. Lenz to do now that Miles and Harper suspect they know who the killer is?

5. Who wants Harper to pretend to be a woman in order to get close to the killer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Miles and the FBI find in New York when they approach the warehouse Miles suspects is used by the killer? What impact does this have on Harper?

2. What do Miles and Harper think of Dr. Lenz's ability to interact online with the killer as a woman?

3. Why do Miles and Harper decide it is safe to engage Berkmann in conversation on the EROS system?

4. What does Harper discover when he arrives home with Mayeux? How does he react?

5. How does Harper feel about his online persona?

6. How does Berkmann describe Kali? Why was she in Harper's house?

7. Why are detectives waiting for Harper when he arrives home from checking on Erin? How does Harper react?

8. What does Miles call to tell Harper as he cleans up the murder scene in his study? How does he react to the fact that Erin has been murdered?

9. How does Harper react when he realizes the killer is close?

10. What does Miles discover about the killer? How does he find this information?

(see the answer keys)

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