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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. Who suspects there is something up with Dexter?
(a) Niles.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Maxwell.
(d) LaGuerta.

2. Who is handling the murder case in Chapter 2?
(a) LaGuerta.
(b) Dexter.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Matthews.

3. According to Deborah, in the last month ______ refrigerated trucks have been reported stolen.
(a) 23.
(b) 31.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

4. Who confesses to being the Tamiami Trail killer?
(a) Charley Walker.
(b) Earl McHale.
(c) Dexter.
(d) Carlile Valentine.

5. How long has Dexter been dating his girlfriend?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three years.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of souvenir from his victims does Dexter keep?

2. Who is Dexter dating?

3. Who is Metro-Dade police's rival?

4. Father Donovan notices ______ small mounds of earth in the garden.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Dexter Morgan? Who is his father and what was his occupation? Describe the relationship Dexter has with his father.

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

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

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

6. Who does Dexter kill in the beginning of the novel? Why does Dexter kill this person?

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

8. Who is Detective LaGuerta? Do the other characters in the novel respect Detective LaGuerta? What is her relationship with Dexter like?

9. What is the relationship between Deborah and Detective LaGuerta? How does LaGuerta display her dislike in Deborah?

10. Who makes an arrest in the Tamiami Trail Killer case? Why does this person think they have the right suspect?

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