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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. What is the narrator's foster father's name?
(a) Scott.
(b) Sam.
(c) Harry.
(d) Mark.

2. In what city do the murders in the novel take place?
(a) Miami.
(b) Tampa.
(c) Orlando.
(d) South Beach.

3. The speed limit on Biscayne Boulevard is ______.
(a) 35 mph.
(b) 15 mph.
(c) 45 mph.
(d) 60 mph.

4. What language does Dexter say seems to be a race against an invisible stopwatch and to get out as much as possible in three-second bursts without using any consonants?
(a) Trade Winds Spanish.
(b) Italian Spanish.
(c) Cuban Spanish.
(d) Castilian.

5. ______ is a part of Miami that sleeps.
(a) El Portal.
(b) Coconut Grove .
(c) Dinner Key.
(d) Hialeah.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dexter tells Deborah, "she doesn't like you, and she doesn't want you on her turf" who is he referring to?

2. How does killing make Dexter feel?

3. What type of souvenir from his victims does Dexter keep?

4. What object does Dexter imagine bringing home?

5. In Chapter 9, why is Dexter driving in the middle of the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Dexter kill in the beginning of the novel? Why does Dexter kill this person?

2. What is Detective LaGuerta's hypothesis as to why the Tamiami Trail Killer did not finish cutting his victim? What does Dexter find wrong with her hypothesis?

3. Describe in detail the process by which Dexter captures his first victim of the novel. Where does he take his victim?

4. What question does Dexter say is the key to thinking about the killer? How would Dexter have done things different had he committed these murders?

5. What are the priest's final words? Why do you think he says this?

6. Compare and contrast Dexter and Deborah Morgan. Use specific details from the text to support your answer.

7. What object is sitting on top of the package of body parts found in the goalie's net at the ice rink? Who is the object left for? Why?

8. Who makes an arrest in the Tamiami Trail Killer case? Why does this person think they have the right suspect?

9. What is the name of the suspect arrested in the Tamiami Trail murder case? What makes this person a potential suspect?

10. Describe Rita. Who is she to Dexter? How is she the perfect girlfriend for Dexter?

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