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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephanie do for a living?
(a) Button factory worker.
(b) Church worker.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Bounty hunter.

2. What color is Diesel's car?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Silver.
(d) White.

3. Mary Alice gets yelled at because she wants to do which one of the following?
(a) Eat the Christmas cookies.
(b) Play with dolls at the table.
(c) Talk on the phone.
(d) Gallop.

4. What is the name of Stephanie's target?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Ring.
(c) Ed.
(d) Sandy.

5. What strange occurrence has been happening all over town?
(a) Hail storms.
(b) Missing dogs.
(c) Small earthquakes.
(d) Blackouts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests a possible reason for the problem?

2. Who does Stephanie get to confirm the stranger's appearance?

3. What is the charge against Claws?

4. What is the surname of Stephanie's boyfriend?

5. Stephanie's explanation of the case finally causes Briggs to:

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man say when asked how he got to the apartment?

2. Stephanie's nieces are at the Plum house. What are the nieces' names and ages? What is unique about them?

3. What is discussed in regard to Valerie? What happens to Valerie and Albert?

4. What does Stephanie say to Joe in regards to Diesel? What does Joe say?

5. What is the one issue that completely confounds Stephanie? What is Stephanie's opinion on the subject?

6. What is Stephanie's idea about capturing Sandy Claws? Who does Stephanie enlist to help?

7. What does Diesel say when Stephanie lies about living alone?

8. What happens to Diesel? When and why does he return?

9. What happens during the opening scene of the book? Who are the characters?

10. What is the problem with the person in the case? What must Stephanie do?

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