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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 is Randy Briggs?
2. What does Aunt Mabel tell Stephanie?
3. What does the person who commit suicide confess to first?
4. What does Ranger ask Stephanie?
5. What does the note to Stephanie say?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ranger's redecorating job entail?
2. What does Stephanie learn about Fred and how was one of these facts already hinted at in chapter one?
3. What happens to Stephanie in the parking lot at the garbage company and do you think she should do anything about it?
4. What is suspicious about what Shempsky tells Stephanie at the bank?
5. What is the reason Morelli says he wishes Stephanie would not work for Ranger any more and could there be any other reason?
6. Why does Briggs say he cannot go with Stephanie and what does he do?
7. What does Ranger ask of Stephanie and is her response justified?
8. What happens when Stephanie and Ranger go running in the morning and why do you think it happens?
9. Why do you think Stephanie keeps encountering Ramirez and how does she forgo the perfect opportunity for help?
10. Who does Stephanie encounter at the funeral home and why is her response a little hypocritical?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?
2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?
3. What three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?
4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?
5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
In chapter 13, when Stephanies talks to Mabel's, she learns nothing new except that Mabel has gone on a spending spree and appears to be optimistic that Fred will never return. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think Mabel is in denial and is merely taking advantage of the situation until Fred's return? Why or why not.
2. What are some aspects of Fred's character that makes it believable that Mabel would be celebrating his demise?
3. How do you think Mabel would respond to Fred's returning to her alive and well?
4. Should Mabel welcome Fred back if she learns of his infidelity?
Essay Topic 3
Despite Stephanie's job as a bounty hunter, there is an air of gullibility and innocence about her. Discuss the following:
1. Trace/analyze the scenes in which Stephanie seems either gullible or innocent.
2. Does Stephanie's gullibility/innocence impair her in fulfilling her job as a bounty hunter? Why or why not.
3. Do you think if Stephanie continues in this job for years, she would lose her gullibility/innocence? Why or why not.
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