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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. Captain Matthews tells LaGuerta that ______ is going to maintain a peripheral involvement in this case.
2. Dexter says that as a rule he does not remember ______.
3. Who unexpectedly calls Dexter in Chapter 13?
4. Who determines that there is a witness to the crime at the Cacique Motel?
5. What is the narrator's foster father's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What object is sitting on top of the package of body parts found in the goalie's net at the ice rink? Who is the object left for? Why?
2. Why does Dexter go out for a drive in the middle of the night? What is he hoping to find?
3. What is the name of the suspect arrested in the Tamiami Trail murder case? What makes this person a potential suspect?
4. Compare and contrast Dexter and Deborah Morgan. Use specific details from the text to support your answer.
5. Who makes an arrest in the Tamiami Trail Killer case? Why does this person think they have the right suspect?
6. After much consideration, what is Dexter's hypothesis of the Tamiami Trail Killer's reason for not finishing the cutting of his victim? To whom does he tell his hypothesis to? Does Dexter think the Tamiami Trail Killer will kill again? Explain.
7. What gift does the intruder leave Dexter? What is symbolic of this gift?
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. Dexter states that he has a small reputation for hunches, what does he mean? Why is he capable of having such hunches?
10. Who is Dexter Morgan? Who is his father and what was his occupation? Describe the relationship Dexter has with his father.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Select a scene from the novel that you find most memorable. Write an essay in which you identify the scene, explain its relationship to the work and analyze the reasons for its effectiveness.
Essay Topic 2
Choose a death scene from the novel that reveals the values of the main character and the society in which he lives. In a focused essay, discuss the contribution the scene makes to the meaning of the work as a whole.
Essay Topic 3
Choose a character found in Darkly Dreaming Dexter that can be considered morally ambiguous, behavior which discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good. Explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work.
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