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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of weapon was used in the double homicide crime scene Dexter is working?

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

3. According to Deborah, in the last month ______ refrigerated trucks have been reported stolen.

4. What type of vehicle does Dexter suggest the murder suspect uses to transport the bodies?

5. What object does Dexter imagine bringing home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whose point of view the story is told from? How is this point of view useful in understanding the overall meaning of the novel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Dexter's feelings towards children. Does he want kids of his own? Explain.

10. What object is sitting on top of the package of body parts found in the goalie's net at the ice rink? Who is the object left for? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relevance of the setting of Miami to the plot of the novel. Why is the setting important to the understanding of Darkly Dreaming Dexter?

Essay Topic 2

Select a scene from the novel that you find most memorable. Write an essay in which you identify the scene, explain its relationship to the work and analyze the reasons for its effectiveness.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a character found in Darkly Dreaming Dexter that can be considered morally ambiguous, behavior which discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good. Explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work.

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