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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. Who kills That Lipinski's wife?

2. What does Stephanie learn at dinner?

3. What does Stephanie decide to wear to the wedding instead of the dress she had originally planned to wear?

4. Why is Shermsky in Stephanie's apartment?

5. Where were the checks Stephanie has canceled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Stephanie meets Ranger for dinner and what do you think is going on?

2. How does Ranger respond to the report of the BMW and why do you think he feels the way he does?

3. How does Stephanie eliminate Lipinski as the man with whom Fred enters a vehicle and drives off?

4. How does Stephanie now know Shempsky is tied to her uncle Fred's disappearance?

5. Who else takes Stephanie unawares after she escapes from Rameriz? Is this new situation any more dangerous?

6. What do Stephanie and Mary Lou do and does this seem like a normal, adult activity?

7. Where does Stephannie take Fred's check and what might this foreshadow?

8. Who is Randy Briggs; why is he staying with Stephanie, and is it wise for Stephanie to allow him to stay with her?

9. Do you think Ranger is interested in marriage with Stephanie?

10. Why does Stephanie think she and Morelli are working on the same case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following:

1. How does the plot structure contribute to the success of the story? (Or Not)

2. Discuss the five times Evanovich uses foreshadowing and how it is fulfilled later in the story.

3. Discuss the use of slang/dialect and lingo in the story and how it does (or does not) make a more interesting read.

Essay Topic 2

Stephanie is presented as a bumbler but who ultimately is successful despite the comical and sometimes dangerous situations in which she finds herself. Discuss one of the following:

1. Do you think Stephanie sees herself as a bumbler? Does Joe Morelli see her that way? Does Ranger?

2. What personality traits makes Stephanie so appealing to men? Which ones might be a turn off to them?

3. Discuss two of Stephanie's strong points and two of her flaws and how they affect her actions in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Compare/contrast Joe Morelli to Ranger.

2. Compare/contrast the relationship of Joe to Stephanie to that of Ranger to Stephanie.

3. Compare/contrast the type of "community" in which Stephanie lives to your own.

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