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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. When Regan looks back at the man chasing her, what is the expression on his face?
(a) The man's face changed from rage to sympathy.
(b) His face looked sad.
(c) His face was contorted.
(d) His face was bloody.

2. Who is Peter Morris?
(a) Regan's old boyfriend.
(b) Alec's boss.
(c) A man who was refused grant money from the foundation.
(d) A friend of Henry's.

3. What does Alec have Regan write on a notepad when they get to the station and are sitting in the coffee room?
(a) The seven dwarfs.
(b) The murder list and the to-do list.
(c) The names of Dr. Shields' bodyguards.
(d) The people she almost wrote on the murder list, but decided not to.

4. What is Alec thinking about buying in Boston?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A house.
(c) His brother's townhouse.
(d) A car.

5. When Regan and Alec return to the hotel, what does Henry tell Regan that her brother has done?
(a) Called his brothers home to take over the situation.
(b) Hired a personal bodyguard for Regan.
(c) Had her car towed and replaced it with a new BMW.
(d) Had armed guards surround the hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Detective Lewis is mad after he hears that Alec has resigned. What does Lewis do with all of Alec's cases?

2. What does Regan find in an email on her computer?

3. During the reception with Dr. Shields, who writes real names of real people on her "murder list"?

4. What happens when the uniform cop enters the warehouse?

5. Why doesn't Regan run at the outdoor trail anymore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Regan's hotel suite a symbol of in this story? Why do the girls return back to the suite after they reported the incident in the parking garage to the police? Why do they change their original plans to go to dinner?

2. Why does Sophie really want to get involved with the Mary Coolidge case?

3. Alec is in trouble at work. What has he done to anger his boss, Lewis? How does this one action affect the relationship between the two men?

4. Sophie tells the other women that Dr. Shields left the island. Why are Sophie and Cordie going to stay after he already left?

5. What does the killer do when he returns home from murdering the runner in the park?

6. Who is Dr. Lawrence Shields and what is his relationship with Mary Coolidge?

7. When Regan tells Alec that the murder list is hers, what is his reaction and why?

8. In Chapter 27 at the party for the high school artists, who do you think is the uninvited guest and what does he want with Regan? It could be several people. Give your answer and explain.

9. When the killer arrives home after chasing Regan in the garage, he feels that he has failed, but knows that the "beast" would never let him get caught. Discuss the "beast" as if it were a separate character, as the killer believes. What powers does the "beast" have over the killer?

10. Why does the picture found on Regan's computer scare her enough to call the police? Does she, at any time, think it is a fake? Why or why not?

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