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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 Morelli ask Stephanie when he arrives at her parents' house?

2. Who is waiting for Stephanie the next morning?

3. What do they do with the dead body in Cynthia's car?

4. Why does Stephanie not go to Morelli's?

5. Why does Ranger want Stephanie to quit watching the Ramos family.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Stephanie's grandma moving back to Stephanie's parents' home and what do you think is the implication?

2. Stephanie has bad luck with cars--do you think this is her fault?

3. Why are the crime organizations angry at Homer and could this have something to do with his alleged death?

4. Is there any justification for Stephanie committing a felony (breaking and entering) when she and Lula go into Ramos's townhouse?

5. What do you think Alexander means when he says Homer killed himself?

6. How does Stephanie's relationship to Mitchell and Habib change in this section?

7. Why do you think Stephanie goes to the trouble to buy an alarm at Radio Shack just to catch Ranger sneaking into her house?

8. What is the parallel between Stephanie and cars, and Ranger and dead bodies?

9. Do you think Stephanie is going beyond what Ranger asked her to do as far as the Ramos case?

10. Stephanie manages to get to her gun and shoot Munson in the foot. It seems unlikely that Stephanie under the stress of the circumstances intentionally aims and shoots Munson in the foot. What is more likely to have happened is that she pointed the gun and pulled the trigger and it happened to hit Munson in the foot.

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. Which 3 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

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 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Do you think being a bounty hunter is an appropriate occupation for a woman? Discuss fully.

2. Do you think Stephanie Plum could be considered a successful bounty hunter?

3. Compare/contrast the way Morelli views Stephanie's occupation versus the way Ranger views it.

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