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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. What is the name of the doctor who helps Eve at the scene?

2. What is the name of the Chief of Police?

3. What is Quim forced to do after being drugged?

4. What is another term used for television?

5. Who finds Quim's body at the scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the victim? How is he killed?

2. Who calls Eve at Central asking for a meeting? What is the person's connection to the cop?

3. Why is Nadine worried about this matter? How could it affect Nadine's career and personal relationship with Eve?

4. What is Peabody's snap judgment about Quim? How does Eve react? What confirms Eve's instinct?

5. How is the scene preserved for investigation? Who assists Dallas?

6. Was Quim involved in the murder of Richard Draco? Does he have any inside information? Explain.

7. What event is Dallas at during the murder and what is her take on the event?

8. What is the murder weapon and where is it found?

9. What is Eve's advice to Nadine? Will Nadine comply?

10. Where does the couple go after dinner? Why does Roarke accompany Eve on police business?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roarke stays on the straight and narrow for the most part although he is willing to step over the line if it will help Eve and her murder investigations. How does Roarke assist? Does Eve know about the illegal activity? Does she approve? What is the "unregistered?" How does it aid the investigations? What are Roarke's specialties? Who else knows about Roarke's special skills? How do the other cops feel about Roarke? Has Roarke's place in Eve's life ever hindered her work? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Areena Mansfield drugged Linus Quim. After Quim was docile, Areena forced him to write a note of confession and then hang himself. Examine Areena's plan. Would the plan actually work? What drug was used to incapacitate Quim? Does the drug really exist? What is its medicinal purpose? What was it used for in the story? Are the effects of the drug accurate as portrayed in the story? Can the drug kill someone? How does it override a person's sense of survival? How else might Areena have killed Quim while making it look like a suicide?

Essay Topic 3

There is a special relationship between Captain Ryan Feeney and Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Examine the relationship. What makes it special? How did the two meet? What are details of the professional and personal relationships? Are the feelings mutual? How often do Feeney and Dallas work together? Who has rank? Does rank ever interfere with their personal or professional lives? How does Feeney get along with Roarke? How might the relationship change if one of them were to be transferred?

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