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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 does Dexter find attached to his refrigerator?
(a) A Barbie doll's head.
(b) A letter.
(c) A drawing of a smile face.
(d) A picture of the crime scene.

2. When Dexter was young, who/what did he kill?
(a) His foster mom.
(b) A dog.
(c) His classmate.
(d) His neighbor.

3. All of the following is true about Deborah, except for what?
(a) Her father was a cop.
(b) She is Dexter's foster sister.
(c) She is adopted.
(d) She is a cop.

4. "That Stanley Cup year, every time the Panthers scored the fans threw three or four thousand ______ onto the rink.
(a) Plastic cups.
(b) Plastic rats.
(c) Plastic roses.
(d) Plastic panthers.

5. Who killed the seven orphaned children?
(a) Father Donovan.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Jaworski.
(d) Dexter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator waiting and watching for in Chapter 1?

2. Rita is all of the following except which one?

3. When Dexter tells Deborah, "she doesn't like you, and she doesn't want you on her turf" who is he referring to?

4. What are the name of Rita's kids?

5. Captain Matthews tells LaGuerta that ______ is going to maintain a peripheral involvement in this case.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dexter do on his date with Rita that upsets her? What is Dexter's reaction to the situation? What is he thinking about?

2. Describe Rita. Who is she to Dexter? How is she the perfect girlfriend for Dexter?

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

4. 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.

5. Describe in detail the process by which Dexter captures his first victim of the novel. Where does he take his victim?

6. Who was first aware of Dexter's dark secret? What did this person advise Dexter to do?

7. Explain what Dexter believes the real Tamiami Trail Killer is going to do now that there has been an arrest in the murder case.

8. Why are Dexter's co-workers surprised to see him at the crime scene in the beginning of the novel? What is Dexter's reaction to this news? Explain.

9. 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?

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

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