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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 does Dexter find attached to his refrigerator?
2. "That Stanley Cup year, every time the Panthers scored the fans threw three or four thousand ______ onto the rink.
3. What type of vehicle passes Dexter, throws an object at his car, and jumps the raising draw bridge?
4. Dexter reveals that their murder suspect is nicknamed the ______.
5. What does the narrator use to make a noose for his victim in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whose point of view the story is told from? How is this point of view useful in understanding the overall meaning of the novel?
2. Who was first aware of Dexter's dark secret? What did this person advise Dexter to do?
3. Who says, "I am a very neat monster"? What is this character referring to?
4. Dexter states that he has a small reputation for hunches, what does he mean? Why is he capable of having such hunches?
5. What is the name of the suspect arrested in the Tamiami Trail murder case? What makes this person a potential suspect?
6. Explain what Dexter believes the real Tamiami Trail Killer is going to do now that there has been an arrest in the murder case.
7. What does Dexter do on his date with Rita that upsets her? What is Dexter's reaction to the situation? What is he thinking about?
8. Describe Dexter's dream in Chapter 7. What literary device is the author using through this dream?
9. Describe Dexter's feelings towards children. Does he want kids of his own? Explain.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pick a character from the novel in which a character's success in achieving goals depends on keeping a secret and divulging it only at the right moment. Briefly explain the necessity for secrecy and how the character's choice to reveal or keep the secret affects the plot and contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.
Essay Topic 2
Choose a character from the novel, other than Dexter, whose mind is pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences. Then, in a well-organized essay, identify each of the two conflicting forces and explain how this conflict with one character illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.
Essay Topic 3
Define a tragic hero. Based on your definition, create an argument for or against Dexter being a tragic hero.
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