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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 waiting for Stephanie when she gets home?

2. Who does Stephanie talk to about her conversation with Alexander?

3. Why has Mooner returned to Stephanie's place?

4. Where does Stephanie go when she is released by her kidnapper?

5. How do Lula and Stephanie get into Munson's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Stephanie talks to Cynthia Lotte and what does this say about Stephanie?

2. What theme concerning the relationship between Morelli and Stephanie seems to be a thread in Hot Six?

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

4. Why do you think Stephanie is so amenable to doing what Ranger asks her to do?

5. What does Ranger tell Stephanie when he stops her while she is out walking the dog and do you think Morelli had a hand in Ranger's decision?

6. What does Evanovich do organizationally that helps keep the reader turning the pages?

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

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

9. How is the farcical nature of this novel even more evident in Chapter 11?

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

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

Stephanie is constantly helping friends and family members out of difficult situations. Discuss the following:

1. Research and discuss the concept of "rescuing people."

2. Do you think Stephanie is a "rescuer"? Why or why not?

3. Do you think it is an unhealthy personality trait to try to "save" people? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Some of Stephanie's friendship have a history that goes back to a time when Stephanie is a young girl. Some of them at the very least go back to her high school years. Discuss the following:

1. Choose one of Stephanie's longterm friendship and thoroughly analyze it to include why you think it has lasted and if you think it is a relationship that has "depth" to it.

2. What are the advantages of having friendships for many decades?

3. What are the disadvantages of having decades-long friendships?

4. There is a musical round whose first lines are "Make new friends, but keep the old." Do you think this is good advice?

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