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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. In Chapter 13, Dexter senses ______ was broken into.
2. What type of vehicle passes Dexter, throws an object at his car, and jumps the raising draw bridge?
3. What does the narrator stick in Father Donovan's neck?
4. Where does Deborah and Dexter go to eat breakfast in Chapter 7?
5. Deborah says people destroy the refrigerated trucks for what reason?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Rita. Who is she to Dexter? How is she the perfect girlfriend for Dexter?
2. Who makes an arrest in the Tamiami Trail Killer case? Why does this person think they have the right suspect?
3. Why does Dexter follow the refrigerated truck? What happens after the truck driver realizes that Dexter has been following him?
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. Who says, "I am a very neat monster"? What is this character referring to?
6. What is cell crystallization? How is it relevant to the murder victims?
7. Why does Dexter attend the Metro's seventy-two hour meeting? Who is unhappy that Dexter is at the meeting? Explain.
8. How does Dexter know someone has been inside his home? What is damaged or missing inside Dexter's home?
9. Describe in detail the process by which Dexter captures his first victim of the novel. Where does he take his victim?
10. What question does Dexter say is the key to thinking about the killer? How would Dexter have done things different had he committed these murders?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how the first chapter of Darkly Dreaming Dexter introduces the major theme of the piece. Use specific details from the first chapter to justify your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Choose a character from the novel, other than Dexter, whose mind is pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences. Then, in a well-organized essay, identify each of the two conflicting forces and explain how this conflict with one character illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.
Essay Topic 3
Define a tragic hero. Based on your definition, create an argument for or against Dexter being a tragic hero.
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