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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. Why does Lula offer to help Stephanie get Munson?
2. Why does Stephanie go back to the Ramos townhouse?
3. How many files does Vinnie give Stephanie?
4. What excuse does Stephanie offer Ramos for being in his back yard?
5. How does Munson say he will get downtown?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Joyce Barnhardt and Stephanie have an uneasy relationship?
2. How would you feel if someone like Ranger could easily enter your house and sit beside your bed at 3 a.m.?
3. How is the presence of Mooner sitting with Grandma when Stepahine is getting ready for work farcical?
4. How does the interrelationships in this story suggest a sense of community?
5. How does Stephanie's attempt to apprehend Munson fare and was it wise of her to try to apprehend Munson alone considering the type of charges Munson faces?
6. What are one or two ways Stephanie demonstrates a piece (flaw?) in her personality as far as rescuing people?
7. What does Stephanie's on-again off-again boyfriend know about Stephanie and Ranger and what do you think his response is to that?
8. What is one attitude Morelli often assumes in response to Stephanie's daily life and what is your view of his attitude?
9. Why is Ranger suspect in a recent homicide, but why does Stephanie think he is not guilty?
10. Are Stephanie and Lula wise to go back to Munson's house after their previous experience with him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter. Discuss the following:
1. What is a bounty hunter as it is used in this novel?
2. Why do you think someone would choose the job of bounty hunter?
3. Would you be willing to be a bounty hunter?
Essay Topic 2
Family is an important theme in Hot Six. Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze Stephanie's relationship to her family.
2. Compare Stephanie's relationship to her family to the relationships in the Ramos family.
3. Discuss the attitudes towards family by 5 characters in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
A number of characters in Hot Six are people who are living on the wrong side of the law, or at the very least at the edge of legality. Discuss the following:
1. Trace and analyze two characters who live in the "grey zone" between legal and illegal (not those who are mobster types such as the Ramos family members or Stolle).
2. Compare/contrast Stephanie's attitudes towards lawbreakers versus that of Joe Morelli.
3. Compare/contrast Joe Morelli's attitudes towards lawbreakers versus that of Ranger.
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