3. What does Ms. Sommerset tell Harry about herself, why she is there and what is Harry's response? How does Ms. Sommerset deal with Harry's response?

4. Describe Harry's dream about Susan from Chapter 10.

5. Why does Harry eliminate Maeve as Ronald's killer?

6. What is the conundrum Elaine and Harry are in concerning the crimes in the Summer and Winter courts?

7. What are the knights of the courts, why do they exist? What does Harry realize when discussing his case with Bob?

8. What does a homeless woman in the park do and how do Billy and Harry respond?

9. What happens while Billy and Harry talk with a truck of men? How does Harry respond?

10. What does Elaine tell Harry when he arrives home from Murphy's and finds her in his apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of deaths that take place in Summer Knight. It would seem that the book has a higher rate of murder and death than real life.

1. Discuss why it was necessary to the plot of the book for the Summer Knight to be murdered. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think the death of Meryl added anything to Summer Knight? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. In the end, Aurora and Slate were killed. Discuss why their deaths were necessary to the plot. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Summer Knight has a number of different themes.

1. Trace and analyze the theme of violence in Summer Knight. Does the amount of violence seem comparable to most fantasy books? Does there seem to be violence that is not necessary?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of murder in Summer Knight. Is murder treated carelessly? Does murder seem to mean more or less than in the real world?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of betrayal in Summer Knight. Was Slate's betrayal of Mab bad as opposed to Elaine's betrayal of Aurora? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action-driven and often times the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character-driven or action-driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character-driven versus action-driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Summer Knight is? Explain your response.

(see the answer keys)

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