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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. Captain Matthews tells LaGuerta that ______ is going to maintain a peripheral involvement in this case.
(a) Deborah.
(b) Vince.
(c) Dexter.
(d) Angel.

2. What is the name of Miami's hockey team?
(a) The Penguins.
(b) The Hurricanes.
(c) The Eagles.
(d) The Panthers.

3. Dexter says that however coarse and brutal Daryll Earl looked, the real threat to society was ______.
(a) Doakes.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Dexter.
(d) LaGuerta.

4. Who says, "I heard you were here and couldn't stay away. Please, Detective, when will you marry me?"
(a) Harry.
(b) LaGuerta.
(c) Dexter.
(d) Deborah.

5. Dexter says that he has a small reputation for ______.
(a) Murdering.
(b) Dating.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Hunches.

Short Answer Questions

1. After killing Father Donovan, Dexter states that the Code of _____ was satisfied.

2. The narrator explains how he secures the priest to the table with ______.

3. Dexter explains that "Rita was merely my ______, a silly kid's costume I wore on weekends to hide the fact that I was the kind of person who did the things that this other interesting fellow was now doing and I wasn't."

4. Who unexpectedly calls Dexter in Chapter 13?

5. According to Dexter, why did the murder suspect not finish cutting his latest victim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dexter go out for a drive in the middle of the night? What is he hoping to find?

2. What are the priest's final words? Why do you think he says this?

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

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

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

6. Why does Dexter attend the Metro's seventy-two hour meeting? Who is unhappy that Dexter is at the meeting? Explain.

7. Who says, "I am a very neat monster"? What is this character referring to?

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

9. What is cell crystallization? How is it relevant to the murder victims?

10. For what reason does Dexter say he does his job? Does he do it to catch the bad guy?

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