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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. According to Deborah, in the last month ______ refrigerated trucks have been reported stolen.
(a) 31.
(b) 23.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

2. What is the narrator's foster father's name?
(a) Sam.
(b) Harry.
(c) Mark.
(d) Scott.

3. In context, the word "artist" in Chapter 10, best means ______.
(a) Musician.
(b) Painter.
(c) Author.
(d) Killer.

4. What is cell crystallization?
(a) Cells that crystallize from cold.
(b) Cells that crystallize from salt.
(c) Cells that crystallize from heat.
(d) Cells that crystallize from water.

5. Rita is all of the following except which one?
(a) A mother.
(b) A journalist.
(c) Dexter's girlfriend.
(d) A divorcee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the very large black man with an injured air of permanent hostility?

2. In context to Chapter 1, the word "mess" refers to what?

3. What type of vehicle does Dexter suggest the murder suspect uses to transport the bodies?

4. Where do Dexter and his girlfriend go for their date?

5. In Chapter 8, who is in charge during the Metro police meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dexter feel about killing and in what way does killing satisfy Dexter? How does killing affect his "dark schemata"?

2. Compare and contrast Dexter and Deborah Morgan. Use specific details from the text to support your answer.

3. Describe Dexter's dream in Chapter 7. What literary device is the author using through this dream?

4. Who is Dexter Morgan? Who is his father and what was his occupation? Describe the relationship Dexter has with his father.

5. Explain what Dexter believes the real Tamiami Trail Killer is going to do now that there has been an arrest in the murder case.

6. Describe in detail the process by which Dexter captures his first victim of the novel. Where does he take his victim?

7. What is the name of the suspect arrested in the Tamiami Trail murder case? What makes this person a potential suspect?

8. What is Detective LaGuerta's hypothesis as to why the Tamiami Trail Killer did not finish cutting his victim? What does Dexter find wrong with her hypothesis?

9. Describe Dexter's feelings towards children. Does he want kids of his own? Explain.

10. What is the relationship between Deborah and Detective LaGuerta? How does LaGuerta display her dislike in Deborah?

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