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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 was the role played by that particular actor?

2. What item is used to prepare meals for the couple at home?

3. At what television station does the reporter work?

4. What does the couple have for dinner?

5. What is Eve examining when she is approached by a young woman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the first person to be interviewed by Dallas? What part does the actress have in the play?

3. Who is Draco's understudy for the play? How does he feel about Draco?

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

5. Who does Dallas meet with in the beginning of Chapter 5? What information has been passed on without Eve's knowledge?

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

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

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

9. Who is the next murder victim? Where does the victim work? What does he do?

10. What is the general opinion of Draco?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Areena Mansfield/Anja Carvell is the birth mother of Carly Landsdowne as well as Michael Proctor. While Carly was given up for adoption, Michael was not. What was the difference in the scenarios? What made Areena give up Carly but keep Michael? Compare and contrast the scenarios as well as the resulting parent/child relationships. How did the decisions ultimately affect each person? Could the relationships ever be repaired? Does anyone want to try to repair the relationships? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Dallas had frequent and violent nightmares about her father, being abused, and the hotel room in Dallas. Write an essay explaining Dallas' violent and traumatic childhood. What happened to Dallas' parents? Why was she so badly abused? Who ended up raising Dallas? What is the girl's real name? How did the experience change Eve? How did the circumstances affect her in the Draco-Quim case? Do you think Dallas was able to overcome her childhood traumas? Explain. How could she stop the nightmares?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the act of incest. What are the legal and medical definitions of incest? What are the parameters? Is it illegal? Is it harmful physically, mentally, emotionally - all or none of the above? How does an average person define incest? What are the cultural references and perceptions regarding incest? Do both parties have to consent? Who are the most common victims of incest? Is there any form of treatment?

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