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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. Who was the only person who knew about Helen Badijian?

2. How many days could a senior eat off of a meal at the Silver Dollar?

3. Who did Stephanie call to help her with the problem of Joyce?

4. What was this clue hidden in?

5. What was Mrs. Norwicki's excuse for her injury?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ways did Ranger suggest getting rid of Joyce, and in what way did he succeed?

2. What things did Stephanie learn from the 7-Eleven?

3. What was really choking Stephanie up while she sat outside Morelli's place?

4. Why did Stephanie bring Lula?

5. What did Stephanie find on her door, and why did it spook her?

6. What did Kenny's mother do when she found out what had happened?

7. Who is Joe Morelli?

8. How was Kuntz different than in the last few times Stephanie had seen him?

9. Stephanie has various people in her life that are good at particular puzzles. Who are these people and what are their speciaities?

10. What various reasons did Stephanie go to the beach?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Stephanie and Morelli's relationship. How does it have the potential to be healthy? What things would they have to work on as a couple to make the relationship better?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the writing style of Janet Evanovich. How do the clues in this book lead the reader to understand what's happening and what's going on? Could you predict the end of the novel from the beginning? In either case, rate the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Stephanie and Morelli's family. In what ways would they find common ground? In what ways would they disagree? How could they expect Christmas to go by?

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