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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 Peabody's first name?

2. What is the name of Roarke's butler?

3. What game do Eve and Roarke play at home?

4. What is Monroe's first name?

5. Eve remembers a scene in a hotel room where she was with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the meeting between Quim and Draco's killer. What is the end result?

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

3. What is the collective opinion of Dallas and Peabody on the understudy's involvement in the murder?

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

5. What game do Eve and Roarke play after she finishes chastising him about giving information to Feeney? Who wins?

6. What is the crux of the murder case and who was the victim?

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

8. What does Eve do when she arrives at work in the morning? What does she find in her office?

9. Who is the main character in the story, what does she do for a living, where does she work and when does the story take place?

10. Where does Dallas meet with Nadine? What is the purpose of the meeting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the relationship between Roarke and Summerset. How is Summerset different from a typical employee? How long have the men known each other? What is their relationship on a personal level? What exactly is Summerset's job? What is the relationship between Eve and Summerset? Do they really hate each other? If so, why? Do they really feel about each other on the inside as it appears on the outside? What makes them tolerant of one another?

Essay Topic 2

Roarke is a mysterious man with a shady past, married to the top homicide cop in the New York Police and Security Department. Examine Roarke's past. Compare and contrast Roarke's history with Eve's. How do they compare? Why doesn't Roarke have a first and last name? Where does he come from? How did he meet Eve? What is their relationship like? How did Roarke make his billions? How does the fact that Roarke is so rich help or hinder Eve's investigations?

Essay Topic 3

Dallas and Whitney have an interesting professional relationship. Although Whitney is Dallas' commander, it is clear that he also respects her as a cop and as a person. Dallas feels the same way about Whitney. Explain how the mutual admiration benefits their working relationship. Explore how Whitney's style of leadership has helped Dallas form her own style. What are the similarities? Despite Dallas' rage over the incident with Captain Stuart, she manages to keep relatively cool. How is that possible? Is it out of respect for Whitney, because of her position on the force or something else? How does Whitney react? What is Whitney's background and how does it compare to Dallas' background?

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