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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 leaked reports about the murders to the media in Chapter 7?

2. What does Koop do before leaving Jensen's apartment after he has broken in?

3. What major illness does Connell have?

4. What is unique about the people who call in the tip about the license plate seen at the bookstore before Wannemaker is killed?

5. Who did Carter spend the day with the night she died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sara imagine was happening when Koop licked her forehead?

2. What kinds of aspirations does Roux have?

3. Why is Chief Roux furious in Chapter 7?

4. What kind of case does Davenport watch Weather operate on in the hospital in Chapter 11?

5. What kind of person is Meagan Connell?

6. Why is Jan Reed so friendly with Davenport?

7. What is Weather and Davenport's relationship?

8. What comparison does Davenport note between murderers and Weather when he is watching Weather operate at the hospital?

9. What does Junky tell Davenport about cutting women?

10. What two reasons does Roux have for ordering Davenport to resume his investigation in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least three ways that the violence and/or murder scenes in "Night Prey" are gratuitously violent and why such violence takes away from the plot and/or rest of the text.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze at least three literary techniques Sandford uses to make one character of your choosing from "Night Prey" very likable OR very unlikable to the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least four aspects of "Night Prey" that can easily be carried over into another novel in the Lucas Davenport mystery series.

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