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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. Where does Regan live?

2. Why is the young uniform policeman in trouble?

3. What does Regan do with her uniform when she returns home from school?

4. When the killer is following Regan in the parking garage at the convention center, what does he slip on that makes him fall?

5. A friend of Sophie's father got information about Dr. Shields. What is it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Regan is treated rudely by a sales clerk in a store. What is her reaction?

2. When the workers find the toe sticking out of the ground near the running trail, what do they know about the victim just by looking at the toe? Consider the location. What else could the workers surmise from their findings?

3. Why is Sweeney being investigated by the Internal Affairs department?

4. Describe what each girl (Regan, Sophie, and Cordie) wrote on their "murder lists." What does this tell the reader? What danger is Regan in over this list?

5. In Chapter 23, Regan reveals that she omitted a person from her murder list because she was distracted. Who does Regan NOT put on her murder list?

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

7. In Chapter 19, Wincott tells Alec that Sweeney kept a diary. What does the diary say? Why is this information important? Does any of this connect to Regan? Why or why not?

8. During the drug bust in Chapter 6, a uniformed officer appears on the scene to give the twin drug dealers a parking ticket. What happens in the warehouse? What do you think will happen to the officer? Will he be in trouble for this action? Why?

9. 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?

10. What does the sketch artist think about the image of the killer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the argument with her brothers, Regan realizes that she was always afraid to stand up to them because she was afraid they wouldn't love her anymore. Aiden tells Regan that she got that idea from her mother, who was never around and couldn't be bothered with the kids. How does this change everything between Regan and her brothers? What changes does Regan make immediately after the argument? What are the feelings of all three after the argument?

Essay Topic 2

When Regan discovers that Aiden towed her car and replaced it with a BMW, she is livid. But Aiden makes some good points about the old car vs. the new car. What are they? Do they make sense? Should Regan have been driving a newer car? How would the attack in the garage have been different if Regan had a newer car? Are Aiden's actions overprotective or just protective? Why do you think this?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Regan's relationship with Cordie and Sophie, then describe Cordie and Sophie's relationship with Regan's brothers. Cordie and Sophie have interesting families of their own. How does that connect with Regan's brothers? What do Regan's brothers think of Sophie's dad?

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