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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. What is in the package Stephanie receives from her building superintendent?
(a) Spiro's nose.
(b) A finger.
(c) Money from gun sales.
(d) Loosey's genitalia.

2. In Chapter Eight, what type of therapy do Stephanie and her best friend take part in?
(a) Individual counseling.
(b) Group therapy.
(c) Chocolate therapy.
(d) Retail therapy.

3. Who conducts surveillance of Stiva's with Stephanie?
(a) Vinnie.
(b) Grandma Mazur.
(c) Mrs. Plum.
(d) Ranger.

4. Whom does Stephanie assume Spiro will believe broke into his apartment instead of her?
(a) Vinnie.
(b) Kenny.
(c) Roberta.
(d) Morelli.

5. At the start of Chapter Nine, what weapon does Stephanie strap to her belt in case she runs into Kenny?
(a) A real gun and a stun gun.
(b) Pepper spray and a stun gun.
(c) A large knife and a small knife.
(d) A large knife and pepper spray.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, why can't Stephanie physically catch Kenny when she spots him?

2. After learning about the caskets that were found, Spiro leaves someone in charge of the funeral home for the afternoon. Who?

3. After Stephanie drives Spiro home in Chapter Twelve, what part of the funeral home does she insist on investigating?

4. What does Stephanie claim the other women in her family have that she does not?

5. The first morning at her parent's house, what does Stephanie wear on her feet that everyone criticizes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it frightening when the Sandman is killed and his body mutilated?

2. When Stephanie agrees to guard Spiro, it seems she is simply accepting money to do something she finds distasteful. Is this the reason?

3. What has changed about Stephanie's bedroom from the time she lived there in high school? What does this say about how Stephanie's mother views her?

4. Why does Morelli's past with Stephanie suggest a greater opportunity for a future?

5. How does Grandma Mazur save both herself and Stephanie from Kenny?

6. In Chapter Eleven, what action does Stephanie take that causes the religious structure of the 'Burg to be revealed?

7. Kenny's acts of violence start small and then progress into larger, more grotesque actions. Explain the escalation.

8. Mrs. Plum is suddenly on Stephanie's side and wants her to succeed at capturing Kenny. Why?

9. Why does it seem as though Joyce Barnhardt has had it out for Stephanie throughout their entire life?

10. In Chapter Thirteen, Stephanie uses Grandma Mazur as a weapon against Vinnie. How does Grandma Mazur use her power over Vinnie to keep Stephanie employed, and what does this say about the power structure in the 'Burg?

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