Darkly Dreaming Dexter Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Jeff Lindsay
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Jeff Lindsay
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. In context, the word "artist" in Chapter 10, best means ______.
(a) Musician.
(b) Painter.
(c) Killer.
(d) Author.

2. What type of weapon was used in the double homicide crime scene Dexter is working?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A chainsaw.
(c) A rock.
(d) An axe.

3. Metro-Dade has a policy of pulling the homicide team together approximately _____ after a murder.
(a) 48 hours.
(b) 60 minutes.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 72 hours.

4. Dexter believes the murder suspect ______ a vehicle to transport the bodies.
(a) Borrowed.
(b) Bought.
(c) Rented.
(d) Stole.

5. Who determines that there is a witness to the crime at the Cacique Motel?
(a) Dexter.
(b) Matthews.
(c) Vince.
(d) LaGuerta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Angel hold up at the end of Chapter 10?

2. Where do Dexter and his girlfriend go for their date?

3. What is unusual about the crime scene in Chapter 2?

4. Dexter reveals that their murder suspect is nicknamed the ______.

5. What type of vehicle does Dexter suggest the murder suspect uses to transport the bodies?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Dexter feel about killing and in what way does killing satisfy Dexter? How does killing affect his "dark schemata"?

3. Why does Dexter go out for a drive in the middle of the night? What is he hoping to find?

4. What "trophy" does the Tamiami Trail Killer give to Dexter? For what reason does Dexter believe the killer gave him this trophy?

5. Who is Detective LaGuerta? Do the other characters in the novel respect Detective LaGuerta? What is her relationship with Dexter like?

6. What is the relationship between Deborah and Detective LaGuerta? How does LaGuerta display her dislike in Deborah?

7. Why does Dexter attend the Metro's seventy-two hour meeting? Who is unhappy that Dexter is at the meeting? Explain.

8. Explain what Dexter believes the real Tamiami Trail Killer is going to do now that there has been an arrest in the murder case.

9. Whose point of view the story is told from? How is this point of view useful in understanding the overall meaning of the novel?

10. Describe Dexter's feelings towards children. Does he want kids of his own? Explain.

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