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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 item is Junky Doog playing with like a baton when Davenport finds him?

2. Whom does the reader learn Koop has also killed in Chapter 5?

3. Which character saw a white man in a truck drop off Lane's body?

4. Whom does Koop first attack in the apartment complex across the street from Sara's apartment?

5. Who is Ray Cherry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important event happens as Koop is heading to the bookstore in Chapter 1?

2. Why is Jan Reed so friendly with Davenport?

3. Why does Davenport orchestrate an assault with Junky Doog when he meets him at the dump?

4. Why does Ray Weston's daughter report him as a possible suspect to the police?

5. What did Koop learn about himself while in the Army?

6. What kind of woman was Koop's mother?

7. What kind of person is Meagan Connell?

8. What does Price insist happened the night he supposedly killed the woman he is in jail for killing?

9. How does Davenport and Connell's case supposedly connect to Del's case (in Chapter 14)?

10. What signals to Davenport and Greaves that Junky Doog, when they find him, has lost touch with reality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze at least three literary techniques Sandford uses to make one character of your choosing from "Night Prey" very likable OR very unlikable to the reader.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the relationship between Davenport and Weather. Using direct evidence from the text, make sure to address 1) what their relationship has been like historically, 2) what their relationship is like now, and 3) what the reader learns about these two characters through their interactions with each other in "Night Prey."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three literary devices that Sandford uses to help the reader better understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.

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