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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 Stephanie say she will do after talking to Larry at the garbage company?

2. Why does Benchy spend the night in his car?

3. What does Stephanie decide about Briggs?

4. Why does Fred take the bags there?

5. Why do Stephanie and Lulu go to see Briggs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Stephanie keeps encountering Ramirez and how does she forgo the perfect opportunity for help?

2. What possible scenario does Stephanie come up with pertaining to her uncle's disappearance?

3. Why does Larry Lipinski commit suicide and is the suicide perhaps suspicious?

4. Why is Stehanie's income uncertain and she must be good at what she does?

5. What is suspicious about what Shempsky tells Stephanie at the bank?

6. Why does Briggs say he cannot go with Stephanie and what does he do?

7. How does Bunchy both help and hinder Stephanie in chapter 7?

8. What happens at Brigg's apartment at the beginning of chapter 2 and do you think Stephanie needs to be more aggressive?

9. What was Fred doing on the day he goes missing?

10. What is on Lula's car when Stephanie and Lula return to it from shopping and what is Stephanie's reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Compare/contrast Joe Morelli to Ranger.

2. Compare/contrast the relationship of Joe to Stephanie to that of Ranger to Stephanie.

3. Compare/contrast the type of "community" in which Stephanie lives to your own.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Choose one of the follow to discuss:

1. The theme of women in non-traditional roles.

2. The theme of frustration.

3. The theme of male chauvinism.

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