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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 is the name of the local funeral home?

2. What word is best used to describe Ranger?

3. What is the name of Stephanie's mentor?

4. Mary Alice gets yelled at because she wants to do which one of the following?

5. What strange occurrence has been happening all over town?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who arrives for the usual Sunday dinner at the Plum House?

4. What is Joe's reaction when he sees Diesel for the first time? The scene is related to what animal?

5. What does Stephanie do to attempt to keep Diesel out of the line of fire from Helen and Grandma Mazur?

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

7. What is the current case being worked by Stephanie? What about the case causes confusion?

8. What form of protection does Stephanie use and where is it found? What is the problem with the plan?

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

10. How does Diesel get back into the apartment after Stephanie locks the door?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grandma Mazur is Helen Plum's mother and Frank Plum's archenemy. Discuss Grandma Mazur and why she drives Frank crazy. Discuss Grandma's relationship with Helen, Stephanie, and Valerie. Where does Grandma like to spend her time? Why does she live with Frank and Helen? What kind of influence does Grandma have on Stephanie?

Essay Topic 2

Stephanie and Grandma Mazur both have a wild streak and a taste for adventure. Compare and contrast Stephanie and Grandma Mazur. Which do you think has more of a wild streak? Which one holds the best record for mischief? What do the two women have in common?

Essay Topic 3

Stephanie Plum is famous for attracting disaster. To date, Stephanie has been through so many cars that everyone, including Stephanie, has lost count. Why do you think danger attaches itself to Stephanie? What happens to the cars? What incident occurred while Stephanie and Diesel were at the Claws' house? Are the incidents always Stephanie's fault? Also explain the episodes with the Christmas trees and the fires that occur throughout the story.

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