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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. When Dexter tells Deborah, "she doesn't like you, and she doesn't want you on her turf" who is he referring to?
(a) LaGuerta.
(b) Stacey.
(c) Annie.
(d) Fran.

2. What is the first word of the novel?
(a) Dark.
(b) Murder.
(c) Moon.
(d) Death.

3. Where do Dexter and his girlfriend go for their date?
(a) The movies.
(b) Bowling.
(c) Festival.
(d) Shopping.

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 panthers.
(d) Plastic roses.

5. What type of vehicle does Dexter suggest the murder suspect uses to transport the bodies?
(a) A taxi cab.
(b) A pickup truck.
(c) A refrigerated truck.
(d) A limo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator stick in Father Donovan's neck?

2. Who encourages Dexter to kill people who deserve it?

3. Metro-Dade has a policy of pulling the homicide team together approximately _____ after a murder.

4. What does the narrator use to make a noose for his victim in Chapter 1?

5. The narrator is wearing all of the following in Chapter 1, except for which?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Dexter know someone has been inside his home? What is damaged or missing inside Dexter's home?

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

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

8. What gift does the intruder leave Dexter? What is symbolic of this gift?

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

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

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